Iran hangs 2 males for blasphemy

By Reuters: Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to dying for blasphemy, the judiciary’s data site Mizan reported on Monday, drawing an indignant response from human rights group Amnesty International.

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare have been executed for crimes along with blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam, the prophet and totally different sanctities, Mizan reported.

The site reported that the two have been working dozens of on-line anti-religion platforms dedicated to the hatred of Islam, the promotion of atheism and insults to sanctities.

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Amnesty International condemned the executions on its Twitter internet web page for Iran.

“Today’s execution of Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare for ‘apostasy’ marks a shocking new low for Iran’s authorities & only furthers Iran’s pariah status,” it wrote.

“They were hanged solely for social media posts in a grotesque assault on the rights to life and freedom of religion.”

U.N. consultants have known as on majority Shi’ite Muslim Iran to stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities pointing to an Iranian protection of specializing in dissenting beliefs or spiritual practices, along with Christian converts and atheists.

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