Iran executes man for killing police officer

Iranian authorities have executed a man for killing a police officer who was run over by a vehicle during clashes four years ago, the judiciary said Sunday.
The country has ramped up executions since the outbreak of the Middle East war in February and since anti-government protests erupted late last year.
“The death sentence for the killer of Reza Ehterami, a police officer serving in Iran’s police emergency unit, has been carried out,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website cited local prosecutor Aref Akbari as saying.
The execution went ahead after an investigation and trial, with the Supreme Court upholding the verdict, Akbari said.
The defendant, known in court as “Danial”, was ...