By Mostafa Salem, CNN Iran hanged two people on Monday who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, according to the judiciary news agency Mizan. Yusef Mehrdad and Sadrullah Fazeli Zare were arrested in May 2020 and sentenced to death in April 2021 for running online “anti-Islam groups and channel…
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Amnesty International, others decry Monday hangings of men accused of mocking Islam online, amid sharp spike in regime killings, at least 208 of which have been committed this year
By Mostafa Salem, CNN Iran hanged two people on Monday who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, according to the judiciary news agency Mizan. Yusef Mehrdad and Sadrullah Fazeli Zare were arrested in May 2020 and sentenced to death in April 2021 for running online “anti-Islam groups and channel…
Iran remains one of the world’s top executioners, having put to death at least 203 prisoners since the start of this year alone, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.
Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social media, prompting US condemnation and accusations from Amnesty International the Islamic republic has reached a "new low" in a spree of executions.
Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, two Iranian men who were convicted of blasphemy, were hanged for their crimes. The country has executed at least 203 prisoners this year.
The two defendants were found guilty of conducting online activities insulting Islam. Executions in Iran have significantly increased since last year, with nationwide protests in the country.
