Iran tortures dad to death for using internet, executes karate champ in regime’s latest bloody crackowns

Key Points:

• Hesam Alaeddin, a 40-year-old father of two, was reportedly tortured to death by Iranian authorities after being arrested for using Starlink to access the banned internet amid ongoing blackouts since the US-Iran war began on February 28.
• Alaeddin’s death was confirmed by Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, who condemned the regime’s brutal crackdown and highlighted the 62-day internet shutdown used to suppress information and dissent.
• The Iranian regime has intensified violent repression during the war, including the execution of at least 145 people, such as 21-year-old karate champion Sassan Azadvar Joonqani, who was hanged after being tortured and forced to confess to crimes related to protest participation.
• Internet blackouts and severe censorship are being weaponized by Iranian authorities to prevent citizens from learning about the country’s dire war situation and to hide human rights abuses from the international community.
• Public executions, often by hanging, continue as a method to instill fear and suppress opposition, with families frequently coerced into silence about the circumstances of their loved ones’ deaths.