The executions were the first carried out for election-related incidents and may further increase tension in Iran ahead of possible new anti-government protests next month.
The presidential election, which was followed by huge opposition rallies, plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis since the 1979 revolution and exposed widening establishment divisions.
In the most serious violence since the aftermath of the election, eight people were killed in clashes between opposition supporters and security forces on Ashura, which fell on December 27.
Following the protests and anti-revolutionary measures in recent months, particularly on the day of Ashura, a Tehran Revolutionary Court branch considered the cases of a number of accused and handed down the execution sentences against 11 of those. Agencies Report.
“The sentences against two of these people … were carried out today at dawn and the accused were hanged,” Agencies Reported, adding the sentences had been confirmed by an appeal court.
It named the two as Mohammad Reza Alizamani and Arash Rahmani Pour
Rahmani Pour’s lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh denied that her client had any role in the post-election riots.
“He was arrested in Farvardin (the Iranian month covering March-April) before the (presidential) election and charged with cooperation with the (monarchist) Kingdom Assembly,” Sotoudeh told AFP.
Sotudeh said that Rahmani Pour was arrested at the age of 19.”
Sotoudeh said she was prevented from representing Rahmani Pour at his “show trial” in July and that many of the charges related to the time when he was a minor.
“The sentences for the other nine of the accused in recent months’ protests are at the appeal stage … upon confirmation, measures will be undertaken to implement the sentences,” Reported.
It’s said the charges included membership of two anti-revolutionary groups, including a pro-monarchy association.
The reformist opposition says the June election was rigged to secure Nejad’s re-election. The authorities deny this.
Officials have portrayed the protests as a foreign-backed bid to undermine Iran’s Akhond system of government.
Internet messages have been circulating about new protests on Feb. 11, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of it’s revolution that toppled shah.
Source: Agencies