Iran executes two members of banned opposition group for alleged armed operations
DUBAI – Iran executed two members of the outlawed Mujahideen-e-Khalq opposition group for targeting civilian infrastructure with homemade projectiles, the judiciary news outlet Mizan reported on Sunday.
MEK, also known as the People’s Mujahedeen Organization, is one of the main Iranian opposition factions outside the Islamic Republic.
Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani-Eslamloo, “operational elements” of the MEK, were sentenced to death in a verdict upheld by the Supreme Court, Mizan said.
“The terrorists, in coordination with MEK leaders, had set up a team house in Tehran, where they built launchers and handheld mortars in line with the group’s goals, fired projectiles heedlessly at citizens, homes, service and administrative facilities, educational and charity centers, and also carried out propaganda and information-gathering activities in support of the MEK,” the report said.
The defendants were indicted for “moharebeh,” an Islamic term meaning waging war against God, destroying public property and “membership in a terrorist organization with the aim of disrupting national security.”
Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported on........
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