Iran publicly hanged two young men Tuesday over their alleged roles in January's nationwide anti-government protests, as onlookers chanted "Dishonorable, dishonorable!" before security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an exiled Iranian opposition group.Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi were hanged Tuesday in Isfahan's Shahid Alikhani Square — where authorities alleged they committed offenses connected to the Jan.8 protests, according to the NCRI and Iranian state media.The NCRI said onlookers condemned the executions before security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
The opposition group also said security personnel had been deployed on rooftops and surrounding streets.Iranian state media also reported the public executions, Reuters said, with Iran's semi-official news agency Mehr saying they were carried out in Alikhani Square "in the presence of a group of people."WHO IS AHMAD VAHIDI? IRAN’S NEW IRGC CHIEF TIED TO GLOBAL ATTACKS AND ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ IDEOLOGYIran publicly hanged Abolfazl Sepahi-Badjani Tuesday over his alleged roles in January's nationwide anti-government protests (Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA))"Fearing public outrage over this brutal crime, the regime's suppressive forces had deployed agents in the surrounding streets and on rooftops," NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi said in a statement shared on X.The executions mark the latest escalation in Iran's crackdown on protesters arrested during the nationwide demonstrations that began in late December and intensified in January.Human rights groups have accused Iranian authorities of denying defendants due process, relying on coerced confessions and carrying out executions after unfair trials.Iran's judiciary, meanwhile, accused Badjani and Hosseinabadi of participating in the Jan.8 killing of four members of the State Security Force during demonstrations in Shahid A...