Iran executes detainee over January protests, judiciary says

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Iran ‌has ​executed ​a man detained during protests in January for allegedly firing ‌at police, the judiciary said on ⁠Saturday.

The judiciary said Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi fired ‌at least three shots ‌at police on January 8 and was arrested two days later with ​a handgun in Shahrekord in southwestern Iran.

It accused him of contacting ⁠people online to organise "anti-security" activities and seeking payment for ​a "mission", without identifying who was purported to be behind it.

The protests erupted ​on December 28, ‌2025, over economic hardship and swelled into widespread demonstrations calling ⁠for the end of clerical rule in the Islamic Republic.

Iran blamed armed groups ⁠and operatives backed by the US and Israel ​for involvement in the protests and for some of the violence.

Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu ‌acknowledged during the protests that Israel had operatives inside Iran. ‌He said they aimed to weaken ⁠Iran's capabilities, though ‌he denied ​they were directly working to topple the leadership.

([email protected]; Editing by Alison ‌Williams)

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