The Islamic Republic of Iran in January killed two men convicted of trying to storm a military facility and gain access to an arsenal, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news channel reported on Sunday, according to Reuters.
An organization called Human rights Iran said the Iranian News Agency reported that the two individuals, Mohammad Amin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast Kolor, were hanged on April 5.
Biglari, a 19-year-old computer science student, Kolor, 30, was arrested along with several other individuals on January 8 during a crackdown on protesters in the country’s capital Tehran, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
They were charged with, among other things, “enmity against God (moharebeh), corruption on earth, arson of public facilities, and conspiracy and conspiracy to commit crimes against national security,” the group said.
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An Iranian flag is placed among rubble and rubble next to a destroyed residential building near Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on March 3, 2026. (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
Another person arrested on January 8, 18-year-old Amirhossein Hatami, was hanged on April 2. Human rights Iran noted, citing the Mizan News Agency.
Ali Fahim, a 23-year-old who was among those arrested on January 8, was executed on April 6, the Hengaw Organization said. noted Monday, explaining that Mizan news agency confirmed the killing.
“These executions are part of the Islamic Republic’s survival strategy, waging war against its own people in the shadow of an external conflict,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Iranian human rights organization. “The international community must respond urgently. The situation of prisoners and the regime’s systematic use of the death penalty as a tool of political repression must be made a central condition in any negotiations or cooperation with the Islamic Republic.”
The executions took place as the US and Israel continued to wage war against Iran.
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U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
In a Sunday Truth Social post on Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran’s power infrastructure and bridges.
He demanded that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz.
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A large plume of smoke rises over Tehran after explosions were reported in the city in Tehran, Iran, during the night of March 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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“Tuesday in Iran will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all in one. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, otherwise you will live in hell – JUST LOOK! Praise be to Allah,” the President declared.
