A young man and a teenage boy were hanged in Iran for taking part in the protests in January.

On Sunday, April 5, at dawn, Shahin Vahedparast Kalour, 30, and Mohammadamin Biglari, 19, were put to d3ath at Ghezel Hesar Prison.

After being detained during anti-regime demonstrations in January, they were among the at least 25 men in danger; more than six others were k!lled last week.

Iran Human Rights Director Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam warned that if pressure is not applied to the regime, many more hangings will occur.

‘These daily executions, carried out under the shadow of war, are part of a deliberate policy to terrorise the Iranian people and prevent new protests,’ he told the Mail after this newspaper told both men’s stories on Saturday.

‘The Islamic Republic’s main threat is not foreign bombs – it is the Iranian people demanding fundamental change.

‘We fear for the lives of political prisoners and hundreds of detained protesters in the coming days and weeks.’

Mr Biglari and Mr Kalour’s family were not granted final visits or allowed to say goodbye before they were put to d3ath.

The young men had been seized during the protests on January 8 and accused of arson over a fire at the base of the feared Basij paramilitary base.

Mr Biglari’s father had scoured the bodies of thousands k!lled by the regime looking for his son for three weeks, despite ill health before hearing that he had been detained.