Iran executes two extra convicted of hyperlinks to banned opposition

Iran executed two males on Tuesday (March 31, 2026) convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and plotting to overthrow the Islamic Republic, the judiciary mentioned, a day after two others had been hanged on comparable prices.

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“Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi… had been executed by hanging on Tuesday (March 31, 2026) after authorized procedures had been accomplished and their sentences upheld by the Supreme Court docket,” the judiciary’s Mizan On-line web site mentioned.

The lads had been discovered responsible of trying “rebel by involvement in a number of terrorist acts”, in addition to membership of the banned Folks’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) and finishing up acts of sabotage aimed toward overthrowing the Islamic republic.

The executions include Iran at struggle with america and Israel following strikes on February 28 that triggered a wider regional battle.

On Monday (March 30, 2026), Iranian authorities introduced the execution of two different males convicted of hyperlinks to the MEK and trying to overthrow the Islamic republic.

It was not clear when the 4 males had been arrested.

The MEK, which opposed the rule of the shah and initially supported the 1979 Islamic revolution earlier than falling out with the management within the Nineteen Eighties, has since been in exile and is designated a terrorist organisation by Tehran.

Iran is the world’s most prolific executioner after China, in accordance with rights teams. It has carried out a number of executions because the struggle started.

On March 19, Iran executed three males accused of killing law enforcement officials throughout mass protests, which peaked in January — the primary executions associated to that unrest.

In the identical month, Iran additionally executed Kouroush Keyvani, a twin Iranian-Swedish nationwide, on prices of spying for Israel, drawing condemnation from Stockholm and the European Union.