May 20, 2023, 2:32 PM
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Iran executes three over November assassination of security forces in Isfahan

Tehran, IRNA – Three convicts have been executed in Iran's city of Isfahan over killing three security forces in the city of Isfahan last year, the Iranian judiciary has said.

The judiciary's news service said on Friday that Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi Sheikh-Shabani and Saeed Yaghoubi Kordsofla, who had committed a terrorist attack in Khane Esfahan district in Isfahan in November 2022 by killing three security forces were executed earlier in the day at dawn.

The first defendant in the criminal case was in contact with the MKO, a terrorist group that has committed numerous crimes against the Iranian citizens in recent decades, said the judiciary.

Ismail Cheraghi, Mohsen Hamidi and Mohammad Karimi were martyred on November 16, 2022 following a terrorist attack in the Negahbani Square of Khaneh Esfahan neighborhood in Isfahan. 

Prison sentences were also handed down to other defendants in the case and one of the defendants was acquitted of the charges.

Following a appeal by the defendants, the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran confirmed the death sentence in the case, said the judiciary. 

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