Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were found guilty of shooting dead three members of the security forces at a protest

2022 figure for 20 countries known to have executed people shows 53% yearly increase; Saudi Arabia put 'staggering' 81 to death in a single day

Hangings follow executions of several others in past week for drug trafficking, desecrating the Quran and insulting Muhammad

Iranian judiciary's website claims one of the accused confessed on social media to publishing the insults

Tehran says Habib Chaab was head of a terror group acting under the direction of foreign intelligence services, including the Israeli Mossad

NY Times says UK told Israel about nuclear activity at Fordo based on info from Ali Reza Akbari, who was hanged in January; Russia assisted Tehran in identifying source of leak

Jamshid Sharmahd accused of leading armed opposition group, instigating April 2008 attack in Shiraz killing 14 people; Germany claims trial unfair, calls for reversal

Report says Iran put to death at least 582 people as it sought to quell the widespread protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody

Habib Chaab has been held in Iran since he vanished during a visit to Turkey in October 2020; was found guilty on charges of 'corruption on earth,' formation of a rebel group

Move comes days after Tehran said it had put to death British-Iranian national who allegedly spied for UK, drawing strong condemnation from Western governments and rights groups