{"id":252536,"date":"2026-08-17T11:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/252536\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:05:10","slug":"iran-executes-man-convicted-of-running-over-police-during-january-protests-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/252536\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran executes man convicted of running over police during January protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran executed a man convicted of deliberately \u200bdriving his car into police \u200cofficers during anti-government protests in the city of Karaj in \u200bJanuary, Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim \u200bnews agency reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Shahram Sadeghi \u2060was accused of driving \u200ba car into police officers \u200bin Karaj on January 8, injuring seven officers, one of whom was \u200breportedly left in a \u200bcoma for three months, according to \u200cTasnim \u2060news agency.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.70382696;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40372327\" width=\"1005\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shahram_Sadeghi_0TVphuPjpeg885x520_q85_box-2601253720_crop_detail_upscale.jpg\" alt=\"State media reported the execution of Shahram Sadeghi, a protester arrested in connection with the January 2026 nationwide protests.\" class=\"wp-image-40372327\"  \/>State media reported the execution of Shahram Sadeghi, a protester arrested in connection with the January 2026 nationwide protests. Mizan News<\/p>\n<p>The Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Sadeghi to death and confiscation of his assets \u200bfor what \u200bauthorities \u2060described as an \u201coperational action\u201d in favor of Israel, \u200bthe United States and \u200bhostile \u2060groups under Iran\u2019s espionage law.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.22488038;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40372319\" width=\"723\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-executes-man-allegedly-rammed-137690523.jpg\" alt=\"Shahram Sadeghi was executed in Iran after being sentenced to death for allegedly ramming police officers during protests in January.\" class=\"wp-image-40372319\"  \/>Shahram Sadeghi was executed in Iran after being sentenced to death for allegedly ramming police officers during protests in January. Mirzan News<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court upheld the \u2060sentence \u200band it was \u200bcarried out early on Sunday, according to \u200bthe judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran executed a man convicted of deliberately \u200bdriving his car into police \u200cofficers during anti-government protests in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[12937,34,4308,82],"class_list":["post-252536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-executions","tag-iran","tag-protests","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117110526809430780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}