Overview
- Iran hanged Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi in Isfahan on Tuesday after courts upheld death sentences tied to the January protests at Alikhani Square.
- The judiciary said the men were convicted on the capital charges of moharebeh (waging war against God) and efsad-e fel arz (corruption on earth), offences that carry the death penalty in Iran.
- Rights groups report the Alikhani Square prosecutions were marked by torture, mock executions, forced confessions, denial of independent counsel, closed trials, and restricted access to case files.
- Monitoring groups say seven defendants in the same case have already been executed, three more remain at imminent risk, and the wider pattern this year shows a sharp increase in protest-related executions.
- UN and major NGOs have described the January crackdown as amounting to crimes against humanity, and defenders and families say the executions deepen fear and curtail legal defense inside Iran.