Iran on Thursday executed an Afghan national convicted of the killing of police officers during anti-government demonstrations, the 30th in a wave of hangings since the start of the Iran war, a rights group said.
Ghaem Hosseini was executed after being convicted of involvement in the deaths of four police officers, according to the state-linked outlet Nour News.
Hosseini was listed only as a foreign national, but the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group said the 21-year-old was from Afghanistan and was hanged at Isfahan central prison.
The Mizan Online news website, linked with Iran’s opaque judiciary authorities, said Hosseini was convicted “of
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