The Media Line: Islamic Republic Executes 3 Uprising Protesters on Eve of Iranian New Year (VIDEO)

By Omid Habibinia / The Media Line

In the early hours of Thursday morning, just one day before the Iranian New Year, the Islamic Republic executed three protesters from the January uprising, in what human rights activists describe as a clear case of “state terror.”

Saleh Mohammadi, 19, Saeed Davoudi, 22, and Mehdi Ghasemi, believed to be in his early 20s, were executed on charges of “participation in the murder” of police officers in the city of Qom during clashes on Jan. 8-9.

Human rights activists say the three were arrested following the bloody crackdown on the protests and were forced, under torture, to confess to crimes they did not commit.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGOi3_04s8Y

PHOTO – Executions #1: Three young Iranian protesters were suddenly executed at dawn on Thursday on charges of killing two police officers in Qom, even though they had renounced in court the confessions extracted from them under torture. (Screenshot: YouTube)