Iran hanged a man on Sunday who had been convicted of involvement in the killing of a security forces volunteer during anti-government protests, the judiciary said.

“Mehrab Abdollahzadeh’s death sentence was carried out this morning after completing the legal formalities,” said the judiciary’s Mizan Online website.

It said Abdollahzadeh, along with others, was arrested at the scene of street protests in the northwestern city of Urmia, where a farmer “was severely beaten by rioters and tragically martyred.”

The farmer was attending the protests “as a volunteer force to ensure the security of the people,” according to Mizan.

The incident took place during a wave of protests that gripped the country in 2022, following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd detained for an alleged breach of Iran’s strict dress code for women.

Mizan published what it said was part of a confession by Abdollahzadeh in which he admitted to “hitting the officer several times in the face.”

Iran executed political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, who had been arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, at Urmia prison on Sunday morning, the judiciary’s Mizan News said. Iran also executed two more men on Saturday after........

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