{"id":1052,"date":"2026-04-04T08:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:22:18","slug":"iran-executes-two-convicted-members-of-banned-opposition-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group<\/h1>\n

Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran\u2019s Supreme Court upheld their sentences.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Glenn Torshizi, whose brothers were executed by the Iranian government, joins others in a protest at the US State Department, to highlight the executions in Karaj, Iran, of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran members, on March 30, 2026, in Washington, DC [Rod Lamkey Jr\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Published On 4 Apr 2026<\/span>4 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) opposition group, in the latest action targeting dissidents, even as the United States-Israeli war on Iran<\/a> drags on.<\/p>\n

The two were executed on Saturday morning after the country\u2019s Supreme Court upheld earlier sentences that convicted them of PMOI\/MEK membership, and \u201carmed rebellion through involvement in multiple terrorist acts\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAbolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian \u2026 were hanged after trial and their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court,\u201d the Iranian judiciary website, Mizan Online, said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

PMOI\/MEK had initially supported the 1979 Islamic revolution that unseated the Iranian monarchy. However, in the 1980s, it fell out with the new leadership in Tehran and was designated a \u201cterrorist\u201d organisation. PMOI\/MEK has since operated in exile.<\/p>\n

Four other convicted members of the group were executed on March 30 and 31. According to information on the PMOI\/MEK website, the men were: Mohammad Taghavi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi.<\/p>\n

All six men were arrested and convicted by a Revolutionary Court in late 2024, according to PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n

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The group condemned the executions in an April 2 statement, calling Tehran\u2019s actions a \u201cfutile\u201d attempt to suppress opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese brutal executions will not silence the opposition; instead, they will only intensify the resolve of Iran\u2019s rebellious youth to overthrow the regime,\u201d PMOI\/MEK said.<\/p>\n

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Rights groups, too, have criticised the spate of hangings. Activists have long accused Iran of being the second most prolific executioner after China.<\/p>\n

In a statement following the first set of hangings on March 31, Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities of torturing the men while they were held in prison and then abruptly transferring them to an unknown location shortly before their executions.<\/p>\n

Amnesty further raised fears of more planned executions, including of protesters arrested during mass antigovernment demonstrations<\/a> in January, during which thousands were killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unconscionable that even as the population is reeling from conflict and mass bereavement amid the ongoing aerial bombardment by Israel and the USA, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran continue to weaponize the death penalty to eradicate dissenting voices and further terrify people,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International\u2019s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n

Since the US and Israel\u2019s war on Iran began on February 28, Tehran has executed several people, including Kouroush Keyvani, a dual Iranian-Swedish national convicted on charges of spying for Israel in a case that has drawn outrage from Stockholm and the European Union.<\/p>\n

One man convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the US during the protests was also executed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Earlier, on March 19, four people \u2013 Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi, and Saeed Davoudi \u2013 arrested in connection with the uprising, were killed.<\/p>\n

Amnesty warns that another five young protesters previously sentenced to death could soon be executed after they were moved from the Ghezel Hesar prison to an unidentified location this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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