Iran Executes Two Men for Blasphemy Charges Amidst Rising Executions.

Iran has executed two men convicted of blasphemy, who were accused of running social media accounts "dedicated to atheism and desecration of the sanctities". The executions have been condemned by human rights groups, who say Iranian courts regularly fall far short of providing fair trials and use false "confessions" obtained under torture as evidence. Iran has seen a surge in executions amid continuing anti-government unrest, but those for blasphemy convictions are rare.