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Published 23 Apr, 2026 10:46am

Iran executes man for membership in banned opposition, links to Israel

Iran hanged a man after he was convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and alleged collaboration with Israel, the judiciary said.

“Sultan-Ali Shirzadi-Fakhr was hanged early this morning for membership in the terrorist group” of the People’s Mujahedin Organisation (MEK) and “collaboration with the Israeli regime’s spy service,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

He was also convicted of a capital offence that in Persian means waging war against God, accused of taking part in operations hostile to the Islamic Republic, Mizan said.

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