In the early hours of Monday, May 3, the Iranian regime announced the execution of three young protesters. Mizan, the state-run news agency affiliated with the judiciary of the Iranian regime, announced the executions on Monday, while a lawyer had already reported the execution of two of them on Sunday.
Mehdi Rasouli, Mohammadreza Miri, and Ebrahim Dolat Abadi were the three protesters executed by the regime’s judiciary. Mizan news agency claimed that their charges were leading the January 2026 protests in Mashhad and killing several Basij militia members and security forces.
Mizan wrote that Mehdi Rasouli, son of Alireza, and Mohammadreza Miri, son of Nasser, were among those who had a direct role in “violent acts” and in killing Basij member Hamidreza Yousefi. The regime’s judiciary also claimed that Ebrahim Dolat Abadi was one of the main leaders of the unrest in the Tabarsi area, which allegedly led to the deaths of several security personnel.
Mohammadreza Miri, a 21-year-old worker, and Mehdi Rasouli, a 25-year-old worker and both protesters in the January uprising, were hanged in Mashhad. According to a lawyer, the families of these detainees had been told to remain silent and not publicize the news because their cases were supposedly under review by the regime’s pardon commission. However, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 2, the families were informed to go to the cemetery to see their sons.
In this way, the Iranian regime is attempting to avoid overthrow by launching a new wave of executions. On Sunday, May 2, another protester was hanged in Urmia Prison. As a result, the number of those executed since January 2026 and the start of the war has reached 22 people.
