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Iran executes three men convicted of working for Israel and US during violent unrest before war

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Iran executed three men—Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi, and Reza Zanganeh—on Sunday for alleged involvement in violent unrest in January and collaborating with Israel and the US. They were convicted of using firearms, grenades, and incendiary devices to attack public facilities and cause power outages in Karaj. The executions come amid a broader crackdown where Iran has executed at least 35 people since January over similar charges; human rights groups estimate that half of this year's reported 70 executions are tied to the unrest.
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Iran Israel Karaj The Supreme Court

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Iran GPE · 3× Israel GPE · 2× Dioband PERSON · 1× Hamid Kazemi PERSON · 1× Hassan Dioband PERSON · 1× Karaj GPE · 1× Reza Zanganeh PERSON · 1× The Supreme Court ORG · 1×

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Iran has executed at least 35 people in recent months over the unrest, which it has said caused almost 3,000 deaths and widespread destruction of public property weeks before the US and Israel launched the ongoing war against the country.
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Iran executes three men convicted of working for Israel and US during violent unrest before war · assertive framing

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Iran executed three men on Sunday after they were convicted of carrying out operations for Israel and the US and taking part in armed unrest targeting the government in January, state media reported. asserted
media → execute → January
Iran has executed at least 35 people in recent months over the unrest, which it has said caused almost 3,000 deaths and widespread destruction of public property weeks before the US and Israel launched the ongoing war against the country. asserted
US → execute → country
Human rights groups have said at least half of the 70 executions reported in Iran so far this year were directly tied to the unrest. asserted
half → say → unrest
The three men executed on Sunday were named Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh. asserted
men → execute → Sunday
They were convicted of using firearms, grenades and Molotov cocktails, setting fire to public facilities and damaging an electricity substation in the city of Karaj, causing power outages. asserted
They → convict → outages
The judiciary said Dioband was arrested on 11 January after investigators identified him as a suspect in attacks on public property and incitement to violence. asserted
investigators → say → violence
Ten other persons accused of participating in the unrest under his supervision were subsequently arrested. asserted
persons → accuse → supervision
After a trial, a lower court sentenced three of them to death and ordered their assets confiscated. asserted
assets → sentence → death
It handed down prison terms of five to 10 years to the other accused. asserted
It → hand → accused
The Supreme Court subsequently upheld the sentences on appeal. asserted
Court → uphold → appeal
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