Execution of Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed in Iran on 8 May 2023 for crimes including blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam and the prophet. They were running dozens of online anti-religion platforms dedicated to the hatred of Islam, the promotion of atheism and insults to sanctities.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

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