Iran hangs college student, another man in latest anti-regime protest executions
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“Iran on Sunday hanged a 19-year-old college student and another man accused of taking part in anti-regime protests”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Iran's executions.
“The prisoners were not allowed to see kin before being killed”
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“Mohammad-Amin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast Kalour were executed by the Islamic state at a prison in Karaj”
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“The men were accused of burning a Tehran base that belonged to Iran’s Basij volunteer force and attempting to raid the facility’s armory during a December protest”
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“Biglari and Kalour were charged with 'waging war against God,' a capital offense in Iran”
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“They were also charged with 'corruption on Earth,' arson of public facilities, and collusion to commit crimes against national security”
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“Lawyers for Biglari said they were denied the ability to defend their client or even access the case file”
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“Biglari had allegedly 'confessed' to the crime, but the details of his supposed confession remain unclear”
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“Iran has been repeatedly accused of torturing prisoners to force an admission of guilt”
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“Biglari’s father searched for his son’s body among the corpses in Kahrizak after he went missing during the Jan. 8 and 9 crackdown”
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“Biglari’s father learned of his son’s arrest three weeks later after released prisoners revealed the identities of those still detained”
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“Biglari and Kalour were the latest in a new wave of government killings targeting protesters from December and January”
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“State media confirmed 14 executions in Iran so far this year”
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“Hengaw reported evidence of 160 hangings since January”
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“More than 7,000 protesters were killed during the Jan. 8 and 9 crackdown, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency”
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