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Iran Executes Teenager Convicted in January Protests, Amid US-Israel Tensions
18-Year-Old Executed in Connection with January Protests
Iranian authorities executed an 18-year-old man on Thursday who was convicted of setting fire to a security forces base during January protests. According to Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, Amir Hossein Hatami was sentenced to death in February along with six others by a Tehran revolutionary court and was hanged at dawn in the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison outside the capital.
Judicial Stance and Context of the Execution
Iran's judiciary's Mizan Online website stated that Hatami acted "against national security" on behalf of Israel and the United States by breaking into "a military centre and destroying it in order to seize the weapons stored there" during the protests. Hatami is the fourth man to be executed over protests that erupted in Iran in late December against the rising cost of living before evolving into nationwide anti-government demonstrations. Activists claim that the crackdown on these protests resulted in thousands of deaths.
*Source: novanews.co.za (2026-04-03)*
