Iran tortures dad to death for using internet, executes karate champ in regime’s latest bloody crackowns
A 40-year-old Iranian father, Hesam Alaeddin, was reportedly beaten to death by authorities for using Starlink to access the internet during a nationwide blackout. Separately, 21-year-old karate champion Sassan Azadvar Joonqani was executed for allegedly participating in a protest and attacking a police car, charges his lawyer disputed. The Iranian regime has imposed strict internet controls and carried out numerous executions since the start of the conflict with the US and Israel.
- ▪Hesam Alaeddin was killed after being arrested for using a Starlink device to bypass Iran's internet blackout.
- ▪Alaeddin's body was withheld by authorities until his family agreed not to speak about the incident.
- ▪Sassan Azadvar Joonqani was executed by hanging for attending a protest and allegedly attacking a police car, though no evidence was presented.
- ▪Joonqani was arrested in January and subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract a confession.
- ▪At least 145 people have been executed in Iran since the war began, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group.
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World News Iranian dad fatally beaten for using Starlink during web blackout; karate champ executed over protest By Alex Oliveira Published May 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m. ET The barbaric Iranian regime reportedly tortured a dad to death for the high crime of using the internet and abused and executed a 21-year-old karate champ for merely attending a protest. Father of two Hesam Alaeddin, 40, was beaten to death after being arrested for using Starlink to access the internet — which has been banned in the country since the US-Iran war started Feb. 28. News of Alaeddin’s death was reported by Reza Pahlavi — the exiled son of the last shah of Iran — and spread across shocked posts on social media.
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