Iran has hanged a teenage boy and a young man whose plight had been highlighted by the Daily Mail.
Mohammadamin Biglari, 19, and Shahin Vahedparast Kalour, 30, were executed at Ghezel Hesar Prison at dawn on Sunday.
They were among at least 25 men at risk after being arrested in anti-regime protests in January with more than half a dozen others killed last week.
Fears now grow for thousands more who were arrested in the demonstrations and whom Donald Trump had promised to ‘help’ if they were harmed.
Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, director of Iran Human Rights, warned that many more hangings will follow if pressure is not brought to bear on the regime.
‘These daily executions, carried out under the shadow of war, are part of a deliberate policy to terrorise the Iranian people and prevent new protests,’ he told the Mail after this newspaper told both men’s stories on Saturday.
‘The Islamic Republic’s main threat is not foreign bombs – it is the Iranian people demanding fundamental change.
‘We fear for the lives of political prisoners and hundreds of detained protesters in the coming days and weeks.’
Mr Biglari and Mr Kalour’s family were not granted final visits or allowed to say goodbye before they were put to death (pictured is Mohammadamin Biglari, 19)
Both were convicted of ‘Moharaebeh’, or ‘enmity against God’, and sentenced to death by ‘Death Judge’ Abolghassem Salavati (pictured is Shahin Vahedparast Kalour, 30)
Mr Biglari and Mr Kalour’s family were not granted final visits or allowed to say goodbye before they were put to death.
The young men had been seized during the protests on January 8 and accused of arson over a fire at the base of the feared Basij paramilitary base.
Mr Biglari’s father had scoured the bodies of thousands killed by the regime looking for his son for three weeks, despite ill health before hearing that he had been detained.
They ‘confessed’ after weeks held in prison where there are extensive reports of torture before being brought before the feared Revolutionary Court in Tehran on February 6.
Both were convicted of ‘Moharaebeh’, or ‘enmity against God’, and sentenced to death by ‘Death Judge’ Abolghassem Salavati.
Also convicted of the capital charge by Salavati that day were Abolfazl Siavashani, 51, Shahab Zohdi, 38, Ali Fahim, 23, Yaser Rajaifar, and Amirhossein Hatami, 18.
Amirhossein, a talented musician, was executed last Wednesday.
There are now serious concerns for Mr Fahim and Mr Siavashani who were moved to pre-execution solitary confinement with Mr Biglari and Mr Kalour last week.
Mohammadamin Biglari, 19, and Shahin Vahedparast Kalour, 30, were executed at Ghezel Hesar Prison (pictured) at dawn on Sunday
Human rights advocates report that thousands of individuals have been put to death following judicial proceedings widely criticised as fundamentally unfair (pictured: Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Ali Khamenei, and the third Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic)
Lawyers had pointed to major inconsistencies with the confessions gleaned and complained that they had been barred from presenting a defence.
The Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights says at least 13 political prisoners – including six linked to the protests – have been executed in Iran since the start of the recent war.
Iran has ramped up executions dramatically since the 2022 ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, with campaigners saying thousands have been put to death after deeply flawed trials.
The hangings surged even further after the 12-day war in 2025, reaching levels unseen in more than 40 years.
