Iran hangs 2 males over shrine assault. Tehran's executions in 2023 rise to… | World News

Iran executed two males over an assault on a shrine that killed not less than 13 individuals in October. The assault was claimed by the Islamic State. Iranian state media reported that the 2 had been hanged at daybreak within the southern metropolis of Shiraz.

Throughout the trial the lads mentioned that they'd been in touch with the Islamic State in Afghanistan and helped organise the assault on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz.

What occurred on the Shah Cheragh shrine?

An attacker entered the shrine after hiding an assault rifle in a bag and shot as worshippers tried to flee and conceal in corridors. The gunman was recognized as a citizen of Tajikistan. He later died in a hospital from accidents sustained throughout the assault.

What's Iran's file on executions this yr?

Iran hanged not less than 354 individuals within the first six months of 2023, a rights group mentioned. The tempo of executions was a lot larger than in 2022, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) mentioned accusing Iran of accelerating the usage of demise penalty to trigger panic and worry following the widespread protests which erupted final September over the custodial demise of Mahsa Amini.

206 individuals had been executed for drug-related expenses, a 126 per cent rise in comparison with the identical interval final yr, the group mentioned.

“The demise penalty is used to create societal worry and stop extra protests. The vast majority of these killed are low-cost victims of the killing machine, drug defendants who're from essentially the most marginalised communities,” IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam mentioned.