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Iran executed 2 men connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) convicted of rank successful a banned absorption radical and plotting to overthrow the Islamic Republic, the judiciary said, a time aft 2 others were hanged connected akin charges.
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“Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi... were executed by hanging connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) aft ineligible procedures were completed and their sentences upheld by the Supreme Court,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.
The men were recovered blameworthy of attempting “rebellion done engagement successful aggregate violent acts”, arsenic good arsenic rank of the banned People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) and carrying retired acts of sabotage aimed astatine overthrowing the Islamic republic.
The executions travel with Iran astatine warfare with the United States and Israel pursuing strikes connected February 28 that triggered a wider determination conflict.
On Monday (March 30, 2026), Iranian authorities announced the execution of 2 different men convicted of links to the MEK and attempting to overthrow the Islamic republic.
It was not wide erstwhile the 4 men were arrested.
The MEK, which opposed the regularisation of the shah and initially supported the 1979 Islamic gyration earlier falling retired with the enactment successful the 1980s, has since been successful exile and is designated a violent organisation by Tehran.
Iran is the world’s astir prolific executioner aft China, according to rights groups. It has carried retired respective executions since the warfare began.
On March 19, Iran executed 3 men accused of sidesplitting constabulary officers during wide protests, which peaked successful January — the archetypal executions related to that unrest.
In the aforesaid month, Iran besides executed Kouroush Keyvani, a dual Iranian-Swedish national, connected charges of spying for Israel, drafting condemnation from Stockholm and the European Union.
