The Persian-language account of the US State Department announced on Thursday, November 5, that Alireza Raisi, 21, Alireza Safahi, 24, and Siavash Jamshidi Khirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, were executed for participating in the January 1404 protests. The US State Department wrote that Raisi and Safhi were executed after closed trials and based on forced confessions. Raisi was arrested just hours after his cousin was killed, and his imprisoned father was brought to his son's secret funeral with his eyes closed. Sepahi also married his fiancee, Mehshad, who is still in prison, before his execution in prison. The US State Department announced that for 47 years, the Islamic Republic has responded to the peaceful demands of Iran's youth with violence, secret trials and executions, and the Iranian people deserve justice, accountability for the perpetrators of these actions and a future free of fear and violence.

The Persian-language account of the US State Department announced on Thursday, November 5, that Alireza Raisi, 21, Alireza Safahi, 24, and Siavash Jamshidi Khirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, were executed for participating in the January 1404 protests. The US State Department wrote that Raisi and Safhi were executed after closed trials and based on forced confessions. Raisi was arrested just hours after his cousin was killed, and his imprisoned father was brought to his son's secret funeral with his eyes closed. Sepahi also married his fiancee, Mehshad, who is still in prison, before his execution in prison. The US State Department announced that for 47 years, the Islamic Republic has responded to the peaceful demands of Iran's youth with violence, secret trials and executions, and the Iranian people deserve justice, accountability for the perpetrators of these actions and a future free of fear and violence.