TWO POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, JAFAR KAZEMI AND MOHAMMAD ALI HAJ AGHAEI, WERE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN THIS MORNING CONVICTED OF PARTICIPATING IN POSTELECTION PROTESTS

Iran Human Rights had previously warned against execution of these prisoners and urged the world community to react.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights strongly condemned today’s executions. He said: "Iranian regime is attempting to restore the fear barrier that was broken by the people in the summer of 2009". He added:" The leaders of this regime are very well aware of the fact that spreading terror among the people by executing defenseless prisoners is the only way their authority can survive". Amiry-Moghaddam urged the world community to condemn these crimes and said:"Leaders of the Iranian regime, above all Mr. Ali Khamenei, should be held accountable for the crimes they have committed against the Iranian people".

Three other men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison convicted of rape. These three were identified as Ghavam Atakeshzadeh, Mostafa Karimi Khaneghah and Reza Dehghan. They were all convicted of raping a minor in 2007 according to the official Iranian news agencies.

Another man was hanged in public in Karaj (west of Tehran) early this morning. He, who was identified as Omid (28) was convicted of murdering 10 people.

With today’s executions, at least 70 people have been executed since the beginning of January 2011 in Iran. But these executions haven’t been condemned by the world community yet.