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| Iran executes 6 separatists accused of ties to Israel |
| 2025-10-05 |
| [IsraelTimes] Iran’s judiciary says it had executed six members of a “terrorist” group convicted of waging armed attacks in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. “The death sentence for six separatist terrorist elements, who in recent years had carried out a series of armed operations and bombings targeting security in Khuzestan province, was carried out at dawn today,” the judiciary says on its Mizan website. The identities of those executed and details of their arrests and sentencing were not immediately clear. But Mizan reported that they were involved in the killings of four security personnel, including two police officers and two members of the Basij paramilitary force, in 2018 and 2019. The report also says they had “confessed to planning and executing acts of sabotage such as making and planting bombs, blowing up the Khorramshahr gas station.” Iran usually links what it calls separatist and terrorist groups to, Israel, which it calls the “Zionist regime”. In a separate execution on Saturday, authorities hanged Saman Mohammadi after convicting him for “Moharebeh” — waging war against God — for his alleged membership in terrorist and Takfiri groups, Tehran’s term for Islamists. Mohammadi, arrested in 2013, was reportedly involved in the 2009 killing of the Friday prayers imam in the western city of Sanandaj, as well as in armed robberies and kidnappings, including the killing of a conscript. The executions came less than a week after Iran said it hanged a man it described as one of Israel’s top spies. The Islamic republic, which carries out executions by hanging, is the world’s second most prolific executioner after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International. It has carried out a wave of executions since the 12 day war with Israel in June. Related: Khuzestan: 2025-06-12 Iran executes man over 2022 protest killings; activists say he was framed Khuzestan: 2025-03-30 Mujahedin-e Khalq Tactics Undermine Iranian Regime Change Khuzestan: 2024-10-30 Satellite photos show damage at secretive IRGC ballistic missile base after Israeli attack Related: Moharebeh 07/28/2025 Iran executes two members of banned opposition group for alleged armed operations Moharebeh 05/15/2012 Iran executes 'Israel spy, nuclear scientist' killer Moharebeh 06/21/2010 Iran hangs top Sunni rebel Rigi: Report |
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