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Iran has hanged two members of the Islamic State (ISIS) group who were convicted of armed rebellion against the Islamic Republic, according to a report aired on the country’s state television on Tuesday.
The report identified the executed men as Mohieddin Abdollahi and Hossein Palani. Authorities said they were members of an ISIS cell formed after the group’s territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria. The cell was allegedly planning attacks inside Iran.
According to the report, Iranian security forces uncovered the group’s hideout in the Bamo mountainous region near the Iraq border before the planned attacks could be carried out. During the operation, several suspected militants were killed and others were arrested.
The operation also resulted in the deaths of three members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Authorities said weapons, ammunition, and other equipment were seized from the site.
The two men were convicted of armed rebellion against the Islamic Republic. After Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their death sentences, they were executed by hanging. The judiciary did not disclose the location where the executions were carried out.