TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary on Wednesday announced the execution of a man convicted of killing a police officer during the wave of anti-government protests that swept the country earlier this year.
Iran executes more people annually than any other nation besides China, according to rights groups, and has carried out a string of executions for security-related cases since the outbreak in February of war with Israel and the United States.
“The death penalty has been carried out against Fathollah Avari, who had killed a police commander during the January protests in Hamedan” in western Iran, according to the judiciary’s website, Mizan.
