Iran on Sunday, 8 November, executed three men convicted of taking part in armed unrest during anti-government protests in January 2026 and of collaborating with Israel and the United States.
This was reported by Reuters, citing Iranian state media.
According to Iran’s judiciary, Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh were accused of collaborating with Israel and the United States, using firearms and grenades, setting fire to public facilities and damaging an electricity substation in the city of Karaj. Iranian authorities said this caused power outages.
The court found all three guilty and sentenced them to death. Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the verdicts, after which the sentences were carried out.
- Protests in Iran erupted on 28 December 2025 amid a sharp devaluation of the national currency and an economic crisis. The first to take to the streets were the “bazaaris” — traders at the capital’s Grand Bazaar, traditionally regarded as highly loyal to the regime.
- Over the following days, the protests spread to other bazaars in Tehran and to the cities of Shiraz, Isfahan, Hamadan and Qeshm. University students joined the demonstrations. Alongside economic slogans came demands to dismantle the ayatollahs’ regime and restore the Pahlavi dynasty to power.