Huge crowds gathered in the Iranian city of Isfahan as two men were publicly executed for taking part in January's anti-regime demonstrations.Footage circulating on social media shows scaffolding and a crane erected around Alikhani Square.Iran's judiciary on Tuesday confirmed the hanging of the two men over charges relating to the anti-government protests.'The death sentences of Abolfazl Sepahi and Amir-Hossein Safari were carried out this morning,' the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.Mehr news agency meanwhile reported that the hanging took place in 'a square in the city of Malekshahr' in the central Isfahan province, with people present.The two were found guilty of 'attacking police officers with machetes and knives, tying them to road signs, pulling them on the ground, dousing them with gasoline, and setting them on fire' on January 8, Mizan said.It added that they had faced charges of 'moharebeh (waging war against God) by drawing weapons and creating fear and terror' and 'corruption on earth for committing acts that severely disrupted public order and security in the country', among others.In late December, a protest movement initially sparked by the high cost of living rapidly evolved into widespread anti-government demonstrations that peaked on January 8 and 9. Footage circulating on social media shows scaffolding and a crane erected around Alikhani Square Huge crowds gathered in the Iranian city of Isfahan as two men were publicly executed for taking part in January's anti-regime demonstrations Amirhossein Safari was reportedly executed in Alikhani Square by Iranian authorities Abolfazl Sepahi was also executed by the regime for taking part in January's anti-government protestsIranian authorities reported more than 3,000 deaths, attributing the violence to 'terrorist acts' orchestrated by the United States and Israel, while rights groups based abroad maintain that security forces fired on protesters.US President Donald Trump had threatened at the time to intervene militarily in Iran, before the US and Israel launched a joint attack on the country on February 28, triggering the Middle East war.Since then, arrests and executions have multiplied in the country, linked to both the conflict and the protests. Twelve young men, including Safari and Sepahi, were convicted in what became known as the 'Alikhani Square' case and sentenced to death, reported Iran International.Two of them - Golmohammad Mohammadi and Erfan Esfandiari - were already executed on July 19.Earlier on Monday, UN experts led by Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, urged the regime to halt the executions of the ten remaining defendants.'Sentencing 12 people to death in one hearing, in a closed courtroom and without clarity as to each defendant's individual responsibility violates established fair trial standards,' the experts said.They said the men, aged from their late teens to their early twenties, were allegedly subjected to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and, in some cases, ill-treatment.They claimed the convictions relied heavily on confessions broadcast on state television, while Revolutionary Court hearings were held behind closed doors and the judgments were never made public.Among those still facing the death sentence is Shervin Bagherian Jebeli, who turned 18 only days before his arrest.Iran's state television broadcast footage of Jebeli confessing to violence against security officers within a week of his arrest and before any trial, the experts claimed.'Confessions obtained under coercion must never be admitted as evidence, and broadcasting them before trial violates the presumption of innocence,' the experts said. The latest executions bring the number of people put to death in the Alikhani Square case to four, leaving eight others still under sentence of death despite mounting international calls for the Islamic Republic to halt the executions.According to Amnesty International, Iran conducts the second most executions of any country, after China.Reacting to the execution, Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad wrote on X: 'We are fed up with this regime that kills in public, in squares, in daylight, to make sure you never forget who is in charge.'Witness accounts circulating described Alikhani Square as being under heavy security on Monday night. Before the latest executions, a source close to Safari's family told Iran International that relatives had been summoned to Isfahan Central Prison for what they believed could be a final visit.