Iran executed over 17 prisoners in 48 hours, US says
“Only in 48 hours, the Islamic Republic regime executed more than 17 prisoners,” the US State Department said in a post on its Persian-language account on Tuesday.
The State Department cited the case of Aqil Keshavarz, a 27-year-old architecture student, saying he was arrested during the 12-day war with Israel in June, denied a fair trial and executed on what it described as fabricated spying charges.
Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday that Keshavarz was executed after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence. Rights groups have said he was tortured to force a confession, allegations Iranian authorities deny.
The State Department said more than 1,800 people had been executed in Iran so far this year.
