Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 04, 2026 · 584 words · By AFP

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Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences.

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What happened

Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences.

Why it matters

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

Common ground

The two were executed on Saturday morning after the country’s Supreme Court upheld earlier sentences that convicted them of PMOI/MEK membership, and “armed rebellion through involvement in multiple terrorist acts”.

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Claim 1: “The two were executed on Saturday morning after the country’s Supreme Court upheld earlier sentences”

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Claim 2: “Amnesty International warned of planned executions of protesters arrested during mass antigovernment demonstrations in January”

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Claim 3: “Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group”

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Claim 4: “PMOI/MEK fell out with the new leadership in Tehran and was designated a 'terrorist' organisation”

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Claim 5: “Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO; Persian: سازمان مجاهدین خلق ایران, romanized: Sâzmân-e Mojâhedin-e Kha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Mojahedin_Organizatio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (Persian: سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi, lit. 'Holy Warriors of the Islamic Revolution') was an umbrel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojahedin_of_the_Islamic_Revol…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization (MIRO; Persian: سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی ایران, romanized: Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi-e Irān) is a reformist political organizat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojahedin_of_the_Islamic_Revol…

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Claim 6: “PMOI/MEK has since operated in exile”

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Claim 7: “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”

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Claim 8: “Four individuals arrested in connection with the uprising were killed on March 19”

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Claim 9: “Iran executed Kouroush Keyvani, a dual Iranian-Swedish national, for spying for Israel”

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Claim 10: “PMOI/MEK had initially supported the 1979 Islamic revolution that unseated the Iranian monarchy”

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Claim 11: “Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Abolhassan Montazer and Vah nad Baniamerian … were hanged after trial and their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3349026/…

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Claim 12: “The two were executed after the country’s Supreme Court upheld earlier sentences that convicted them of PMOI/MEK membership, and 'armed rebellion through involvement in multiple terrorist acts'”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effectiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maryam Rajavi (Persian: مریم رجوی, née Qajar-Azodanlu, Persian: مریم قجر عضدانلو; born 4 December 1953) is an Iranian dissident politician that currently serves as president of the National Council of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Rajavi

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Claim 13: “Iran executed a man convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the US during the protests”

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Claim 14: “Amnesty International warned that five young protesters previously sentenced to death could soon be executed”

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Claim 15: “Four other convicted members of the group were executed on March 30 and 31”

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