Iran confirms execution of 20 Kurdish militants for 'terrorism'
Defendants were convicted of killing two Sunni Muslim clerics, several police and wildlife guards
Iran has confirmed it has executed 20 Kurdish Sunni militants it described as "terrorists", drawing condemnation from rights groups that said the convictions may have resulted from forced confessions.
Iran's intelligence ministry said on Wednesday those executed were members of the "Tawhid (monotheism) and Jihad" group which had been responsible for 24 armed attacks and the deaths of 21 people in three western provinces between 2009 and 2011.
"These people had committed murder... killed women and children, caused destruction and acted against the security and killed Sunni religious leaders in some Kurdish regions," said prosecutor general Mohammad Javad Montazeri in comments reported by IRIB television.
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Interestingly, there was an article of Iran having just executed 10 Sunnis as well this week.
