Iran ruthlessly executed two young men on Sunday — for helping terrified protesters flee the regime’s brutal security forces during the widespread demonstrations earlier this year.

Erfan Esfandiari, 18, and Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, were hanged on Sunday for sheltering demonstrators from government bullets and offering them refuge inside their homes, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist, wrote for the Free Press, citing local reports.

The pair are among the 59 men arrested together during the January protests in Shahid Alikhani Square in Isfahan, during which Iranian officials say four security force members were killed.

Gol Mohammad Mohammadi was executed for helping protesters. Erfan Esfandiari was also killed during an execution. Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Getty Images

Twelve of them, including Esfandiari and Mohammadi, were sentenced to death.

Those dozen were moved into quarantine last week, which likely means the remaining 10 will be executed soon, according to Alinejad.

“Erfan Esfandiari … was his parents first child,” Alinjad wrote in a social media post that was shared by President Trump.

“He did not kill anyone. He did not carry a weapon. His crime, according to the Islamic Republic, was opening a door. Sheltering protesters who were running from security forces. That was enough to send him to the gallows.”