Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men who were arrested in connection with street protests, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39, is an escalation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s use of lethal force to crush dissent that should be urgently addressed by the international community, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “These men weren’t executed after a judicial process, they were lynched,” said CHRI Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi. “From the moment they were arrested, they were considered guilty with