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Story summary
- Iran sentenced Gholamreza Khani Shekarab, Mojtaba Kian and four women protesters to death in Tehran.
- Shekarab was hanged for Mossad leadership.
- Kian faced execution for alleged ties to Israel and the United States.
- Judge Abolghasem Salavati, sanctioned by the United States and known as the “judge of death,” presided over the trials, where defense lawyers said defendants denied rulings, barred from appeals and forced to repeat statements under family threats.