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According to the Human Rights Activist News Agency, two protesters were executed in Iran. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged for actions at a protest in Karaj in November.

In December, the regime executed a man named Mohsen Shekari by hanging.  He stabbed and injured a member of the Basij paramilitary force at a protest in Tehran in September. 

Also, in December Majidreza Rahnavard was executed in a public hanging from a construction crane. He was accused of fatally stabbing two paramilitary force members that had just killed several protesters.

Mizan Online is a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary. They report that protestors are being executed for "waging war against God." 

Mizan insists the latest two men executed confessed to killing the security member. But human rights organizations including the United Nations claim the confessions were forced.

"We deplore the execution of two more protesters, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, following unfair trials based on forced confessions," the United Nations Human Rights posted.

"It's shocking that Iran continues to execute protesters despite international outcry. We urge Iran to halt all executions."

Executed in Iran

Despite worldwide condemnation, the Iranian government is continuing to dole out harsh punishments to anyone who defies the current government.  And 24 people have been sentenced to death to date. 

According to Amnesty International, at least 18,000 people have been arrested and are being held without trial.

 The Iranian regime has been condemned by the international community for its show trials and its abusive treatment of prisoners.

The protests started after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran’s morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly.

Many of the protests have had a large number of women involved in protesting for women’s rights. But the uprising has morphed into large protests for democracy, and a complete change to the Iranian regime.  And are said to be the largest threat to the Iranian regime since its founding in 1979.

World condemns Iran

Smaller protests have broken out across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. The Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC)has hosted multiple rallies in Washington, D.C., to support the Iranian protests from overseas.

"[Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei has miscalculated the Iranian people's resolve to change this regime." Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad, advisory chairman, for the OIAC said.

 "The two young protesters killed by the regime are part of Iran's army of freedom and as people chant in Iran 'as you kill one, thousands will rise'. 

"Clearly the administration has to understand Iranian people need more support than condemnation. The free world has to recognize Iranian people's right to self-defense," he added.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed in December that there could be "no hope" for the United States in cooperating with the current regime of Iran. And their brutality against their own citizens is appalling.