The hangings come one day after a Swedish citizen was executed for allegedly spying for Israel.
Iranian authorities on March 19 executed three protesters who participated in the January protests that erupted across the country, including 19-year-old professional wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.
The other two men were identified as Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi, according to Iran International, a Persian-language news outlet based in London.
The three men executed by hanging—a standard method employed by the Islamic Republic for capital offenses—were found guilty by Iran’s Supreme Court of killing two police officers with knives on Jan. 8 during the demonstrations that were taking place, Iran’s judiciary media Mizan reported.
They were also found guilty of “Moharebeh,” including acting on behalf of Israel and the United States, the regime’s state media reported. The executions took place in the holy city of Qom.
Moharebeh is an Islamic-Arabic term that means “fighting God” and is punishable by death under the Iranian regime.
A Swedish-Iranian man identified by Iran International as Kourosh Keyvani was executed on March 18 after being found guilty of spying for Israel.
Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard acknowledged that a Swedish citizen was executed by the Iranian regime on Wednesday.
“It is with dismay that I have learned that a Swedish citizen has been executed in Iran earlier today,” Stenergard said in a statement. “My thoughts are with their relatives in Sweden and in Iran at this difficult time. The death penalty is an inhuman, cruel and irreversible punishment.
“Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its use under any circumstances.”
She added that the legal proceedings leading up to the execution were questionable.
Stenergard did not identify the citizen by name but said he was arrested in June 2025, at the start of the protests against the Iranian regime.
The protests were initially triggered by economic hardship, political repression, and calls for regime change.
The January protests were among the largest uprisings against the Islamic Republic in recent memory. Tens of thousands were killed during the regime’s clampdown, with President Donald Trump stating in February that 32,000 people had been killed as a result of the regime’s suppression of demonstrators.
Iranian officials have disputed the death tolls and blamed external forces for stoking the protests. The regime said in January that it would start executing demonstrators who were detained, warning that any attack on its leadership would be viewed as an act of “all-out war.”
Trump had previously said that Washington stood ready to intervene if the regime continued to kill protesters in the streets or ordered executions.
