Iran executes two for blasphemy
In Iran, two men have been executed for blasphemy. These men, Behzad Karim Naderi and Mohammad Mahdi Andouhi, were convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad. This execution is a reminder that blasphemy can be a dangerous offense in Iran, and that those who commit it can face severe punishment
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Iran executes two for blasphemy
Iranians Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare have been hanged after being convicted of ‘burning the Quran’ and ‘insulting the Prophet of Islam’, according to the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, Mizan. The executions yesterday morning have been described by a rights group as ‘a cruel act by a medieval regime’. The two men were arrested in 2020 and accused of running a Telegram channel called ‘Criticism of Superstition and Religion’, according to Iran’s Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). They were held in solitary confinement for the first two months and denied access to a lawyer, it said. The BBC reports
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