{"id":45734,"date":"2023-05-20T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=45734"},"modified":"2023-05-19T21:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T19:37:31","slug":"iran-the-mullahsregime-hanged-three-protesters-amid-surge-in-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-protests\/2023\/05\/iran-the-mullahsregime-hanged-three-protesters-amid-surge-in-executions\/45734\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: The Mullahs’Regime Hanged Three Protesters Amid Surge in Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Saleh — ^{Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFriday, May 19, 2023<\/strong>: In Isfahan, the ruling regime carried out the execution of three young protesters involved in the protests that took place during the Iranian Revolution<\/a> last year. Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, and Majid Kazemi, who were subjected to severe torture leading to coerced confessions in unfair trials, fell victim to this act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These executions are part of an alarming increase in capital punishment orchestrated by the authoritarian regime in an attempt to suppress the ongoing and intensifying anti-regime demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite widespread protests within Iran and international pleas urging the regime to halt these executions, the three prisoners were hanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), expressed her condemnation, stating, \u201cNot a day goes by without the bloodthirsty Khamenei shedding the blood of our young people to cling to his abhorrent reign and stave off its inevitable collapse\u2026 The mullahs\u2019 regime is unable to rule a single day without resorting to repression, torture, and executions. The sole path for the people of Iran to free themselves is through uprising and resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNot a day goes by without the bloodthirsty Khamenei shedding the blood of our young people to cling to his abhorrent reign and stave off its inevitable collapse. In continuation of the new wave of executions, the oppressive authorities, under Khamenei\u2019s command, proceeded to\u2026<\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>}