CNN —Iran on Saturday executed two men it accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a shrine in Shiraz in October 2022, according to state-run news agency IRNA.
Iran’s Supreme Court had rejected an appeal filed for the two men, Mohammed Ramez Rashidi and Sayed Naeem Hashemi Qatali, IRNA quoted Fars Province Chief Prosecutor as saying.
Thirteen people were killed, and 40 others injured in the attack that took place at Shahcheragh Shrine in the city of Shiraz in southern Iran on October 26, 2022, according to IRNA.
The attack took place on a Wednesday evening, one of the busiest times for the shrine.
Protests swept through the Islamic Republic following the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman.
Persons:
Mohammed Ramez Rashidi, Sayed Naeem Hashemi Qatali, IRNA, “, Mahsa Amini
Organizations:
CNN, ISIS
Locations:
Iran, Shiraz, Iran’s, Fars Province, Shahcheragh, Islamic Republic