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Iran has hanged two men for allegedly killing a security official during anti government protests. both were convicted of causing the death of a member of the loyalist basij militia near tehran. three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while 11 received prison sentences. the trials are highly politicised, and the defendants are not granted choice of their own legal representation. let s hear more from khosro kalbasi isfahani who s the iran analyst from bbc monitoring. these two men, mohammad mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini were executed this morning. their court cases have been described as rushed, a sham trial, a group trial, by amnesty international that had no resemblance of a meaningfuljudicial proceeding. these two men were deprived of the right to pick their own lawyers. theirfamilies have been campaigning to get them to choose their own lawyers. one of these men, mahdi karami, had gone on hunger strike. he was on hunger strike ....
Is a bunch of videos that shows this militia man allegedly being beaten up, and some confessions from these two men that are described by rights groups as forced confessions. this is the case and what we know about it. and as you mentioned, khosro, the comment from human rights groups including amnesty international is that it is a sham trial and it has been criticised. what have iranian officials had to say? iranian officials are consistently defending these court proceedings. one thing that is important to note is that, after iran s supreme leader delivered a speech demanding that the judiciary should act severely and should burn the festering wound, thejudiciary started handing out these execution sentences. and this is not a new tactic of the regime. ....
While britain described the situation as abhorrent . the british foreign secretary, james cleverly, urged tehran to end the violence against its own people. the us special envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of 20 year old seyed mohammad hosseini and mohammad mahdi karami followed sham trials. human rights groups have also condemned the killings saying the men were unable to choose their lawyers. here s more from our bbc monitoring colleague, the iran analyst khosro kalbasi isfahani. these two young men, mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini, were executed this morning. this brought the number of people executed in relation to protests to four. these two men went through a court proceeding that took only one week. according to amnesty international, it was a sham trial that had no resemblance to meaningful judicial proceedings. and what the state has broadcast in relation to these cases ....
These two men went through a court proceeding which took only one week according to amnesty international, it was a sham trial that had no resemblance to judicial proceedings. and what the state has broadcast in relation to these cases is a bunch of videos that shows this militia man allegedly being beaten up, and some confessions from these two men that are described by rights groups as forced confessions. this is the case and what we know about it. and as you mentioned, the comment from human rights groups including amnesty international is that it is a sham trial and it has been criticised. what have iranian officials had to say? iranian officials are consistently defending these court proceedings. one thing that is important to note is that, after a run s supreme ....
The death of a member of the loyalist basij militia near tehran. three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while11 received prison sentences. the trials are highly politicised, and the defendants are not granted choice of their own legal representation. here s more from our bbc monitoring colleague, the iran analyst, khosro kalbasi isfahani. these two men were executed this morning. despite the number of people executed to four. these two men went through a court proceeding which took only one week according to amnesty international, it was a sham trial that had no resemblance to judicial proceedings. sham trial that had no resemblance tojudicial proceedings. and sham trial that had no resemblance to judicial proceedings. and what the state has broadcast in relation to these cases is a bunch of videos that shows this militia man ....