{"id":4540,"date":"2021-01-03T10:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=145592"},"modified":"2021-01-03T10:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:19:14","slug":"three-executed-in-iran-for-terrorist-acts-and-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/03\/three-executed-in-iran-for-terrorist-acts-and-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Executed In Iran For ‘Terrorist’ Acts And Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran has hanged two men for “terrorist acts” and another for murder and armed robbery, the judiciary’s official Mizan news agency said.<\/p>\n

The three were executed in the early morning of January 3 in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, Mizan reported.<\/p>\n

Two were identified as Hassan Dehvari and Elias Qalandarzehi, who were arrested in April 2014 after being found with “a large amount of explosives” and weapons, the report said.<\/p>\n

The pair were convicted of the abduction, bombing, murder of security forces and civilians, and of working with the Sunni Muslim extremist group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), Iranian media reported.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said the two had been tortured in detention.<\/p>\n

Dehvari and Qalandarzehi were also arrested in possession of documents from Jaish al-Adl on “how to make bombs” as well as “takfiri fatwas”, terms used by Iranian authorities to refer to religious decrees issued by Sunni extremists.<\/p>\n

Jaish al-Adl has reportedly carried out several high-profile bombings and abductions in Iran in recent years.<\/p>\n

In February 2019, 27 members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in a suicide attack<\/a><\/strong> in Sistan-Baluchistan claimed by the group.<\/p>\n

Sistan-Baluchistan is a volatile area near Iran’s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan where militant groups and drug smugglers frequently operate.<\/p>\n

The third man executed was named as Omid Mahmudzehi. He was convicted of armed robbery and the murder of civilians, Mizan said.<\/p>\n

Iran is one of the world’s leading executioners. Amnesty International said in April that at least 251 people were executed<\/a><\/strong> by Iranian authorities in 2019.<\/p>\n

Iran is also among a handful of countries that execute juvenile offenders<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Based on reporting by AFP, RFE\/RL’s Radio Farda, the BBC and IRNA<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n

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