Iran announces execution of two protesters accused of setting police officers on fire
Iran’s judiciary announced that two men were hanged on Sunday over charges relating to anti-government protests that peaked in January, having begun a month earlier over economic grievances.
The two men, Erfan Esfandiari and Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi, were found guilty of “tying police officers to a road sign with ropes, injuring them with stones, dousing them with gasoline, and setting them on fire” in the central city of Isfahan, said the judiciary.
According to Amnesty International, Iran is responsible for the second most executions of any country, after China.
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