Iran executes three men over alleged links to US, Israel during protests

Iran has executed three men convicted of taking part in armed violence during the anti-government protests in January and allegedly conducting operations on behalf of the United States and Israel. The executions took place on Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentences, Iranian state media reported. The condemned men were identified as Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh. Iranian judicial authorities accused the trio of deploying firearms, grenades and Molotov cocktails during the unrest. They were also alleged to have set public facilities ablaze and damaged an electricity substation in Karaj, causing power disruptions in parts of the city. According...