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\n Tehran
\nIran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody.
\nThe latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide protests, which escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran\u2019s clerical regime.
\nTwo men were put to death in December, sparking global outrage and new Western sanctions against Iran.
\nJudicial news agency Mizan Online reported \u201cMohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, the main perpetrators of the crime that led to the martyrdom of Ruhollah Ajamian, were hanged this morning.\u201d Prosecutors said the 27-year-old militiaman was stripped naked and killed by a group of mourners who had been paying tribute to a slain protester, Hadis Najafi. The executions come in defiance of a campaign by international rights groups for the lives of the two men to be spared. Karami\u2019s father had also begged the judiciary not to kill his son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
connection with protests Tehran Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody. The latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide protests, which escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran\u2019s clerical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-306170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n