Tehran says shooting carried out by Islamic State to avenge execution of two men involved in attack on same site last year

Iranian judicial website says men implicated in other crimes; Amnesty International says use of death penalty in Islamic Republic rapidly rising in 2023

Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani was sentenced to death for participating in anti-government protests in 2019 sparked by rising gas prices

Nationalities of men not revealed; Iran previously said attack involved people from other countries; public executions relatively rare, with almost all carried out in prisons

Head of fact-finding mission says that 10 months after death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked major protests, family's 'right to truth and justice remains unfulfilled'

Medical assistant and two nurses found to have falsely advertised online for medical procedures at unauthorized salon, then attacked total of 12 women

Mahlagha Jaberi says outfit aimed to raise awareness of the 'heinous crime of executing innocent people' carried out by Tehran regime

Hundreds gather in Maragheh to watch hanging, the 278th execution the Islamic Republic has carried out since the beginning of the year

Tehran slams Bern for intervening in country's 'internal affairs' with criticism of killings, use of picture of demonstrators outside Iran flying 'fake' pre-Islamic Revolution flag

Iran seized Shahrouz Sokhanvari in 2020 while he was living abroad and brought him back to face trial, execution is 220th this year in Islamic Republic