Iran has executed a person convicted of setting fireplace to authorities buildings throughout protests in January 2026, the most recent in a collection of executions linked to a wave of unrest that has left hundreds useless, the judicial Mizan information company reported on Wednesday.
Mohammad Amini Dehaghani was hanged after the Supreme Courtroom upheld the demise sentence, Mizan mentioned, including that each one authorized formalities had been accomplished and his trial was held within the presence of attorneys.
Particulars similar to when he was arrested, when he was sentenced to demise, and the way lengthy his trial took weren’t disclosed.
In accordance with judicial authorities, on January 9, 2026, the suspect threw a petroleum bomb on the governor’s workplace in Dehagan, Isfahan province, set fireplace to the constructing, attacked a police station, blocked roads and broken public property.
Investigators cited surveillance digital camera footage and the defendant’s alleged confession as proof.
The judiciary additionally accused him of distributing anti-government propaganda, contacting social media accounts linked to the Pahlavi royal household, speaking with opposition activists on-line, and disseminating materials aimed toward “disturbing public opinion.”
He was sentenced to demise for the crimes of “moharebeh” (a particular authorized class within the Islamic Republic, a felony that roughly interprets to “waging warfare towards God”) and “efsade fer aruz,” or “corruption of the earth.”
The costs embody utilizing a Kalashnikov allegedly taken from safety forces throughout what Iranian state media has dubbed the “day coup try” (a time period authorities have dubbed to explain the January protests).
After large protests sparked by sudden hyperinflation final December unfold throughout the nation the next month, Tehran’s regime carried out a bloody crackdown on demonstrators, leading to a demise toll that continues to be unimaginable to independently verify.
Iranian authorities have put the quantity at 3,117, however human rights group HRANA says it has confirmed 7,007 deaths. Unofficial and unconfirmed estimates put the quantity as excessive as 40,000.
Human rights teams have repeatedly acknowledged that defendants in protest-related circumstances are sometimes tried in opaque procedures with out entry to unbiased authorized illustration, and convictions are sometimes based mostly on confessions allegedly extracted beneath torture.
Amnesty Worldwide mentioned Iranian authorities are utilizing the “wartime state of affairs” as a pretext to step up repression via mass arrests, accelerated trials, politically motivated executions and asset confiscation.
The United Nations introduced earlier this yr that Iran had executed no less than 40 folks within the first half of 2026, 18 of them in nationwide security-related circumstances.
Individually, Iran’s judiciary introduced on Tuesday that it had executed two members of the Islamic State terrorist group, Mohidin Abdullahi and Hossein Palani, who have been convicted of crimes together with “Bagi”, which means “armed insurrection”, and armed motion towards the Islamic Republic.
