Iran Hangs Two Dissidents

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 4:50PM EDT / Published Jan. 24, 2011 11:36AM EST

Despite international outcry to halt the executions, Iran hanged two men Monday for their role in the post-election uprising that shook the country’s politics after the disputed 2009 election. The men, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aqaei, were put to death, Iranian state TV reported, "for distributing placards and photos of the terrorist group, making videos and images during the post-election unrest in Iran in 2009 and chanting slogans in favor of the [terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization]." In August 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a halt to the impending executions, arguing that the men were exercising their right to free expression and imploring Iran to respect its obligation to its citizenry under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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Iran Hangs Two Dissidents