Key Facts

• Two men named Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amir Hossein Safari Hosseinabadi were hanged in Iran.
• They were convicted for killing four police officers during protests in January.
• The men also set fire to a police station and damaged public property in Isfahan.
• These executions come after tens of thousands of people were arrested during the nationwide protests.
• Rights groups warn that more people might get death sentences related to these protests.
• The protests began in late December and continued through January, met with a strong response from security forces.
• Iran’s government says more than 3,000 people died in the protests, while rights groups estimate over 7,000 deaths.
• Earlier in July, Iran hanged two other men connected to the same case.