Iran’s judiciary announced the execution on Sunday of a man who was convicted of running over several police officers with his car during anti-government protests in January.

“Shahram Sadeghi, sentenced to death for having carried out an operational action in support of the Zionist regime and the United States, was executed this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

It added that the man had run over several police officers with his car on January 8 in Karaj, west of Tehran, wounding seven of them.

Iran frequently accuses individuals of spying for Israel and the US, without providing evidence.

A protest movement initially sparked in late December by the high cost of living rapidly evolved into widespread anti-government demonstrations that peaked on January 8 and 9.

They were brutally repressed by the regime, which used deadly force against the masses. Deaths have been estimated in the thousands and even tens of thousands.

The number of executions in Iran has risen since the start of the war that broke out on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

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