Iran Executes Two Protesters in Isfahan’s Alikhani Square Case

Iran's judiciary said it executed Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi early Tuesday after convictions tied to the January protests in Isfahan's Alikhani Square. Authorities accused the men of participating in the killing of four security personnel and in arson and vandalism during the unrest. The two belonged to a group of 12 young men sentenced to death in the case; two others were executed on July 19, leaving eight under sentence of death. UN investigators had urged Tehran to halt the executions, citing closed proceedings, reported coerced confessions and failures to meet fair-trial standards.