TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday executed a man convicted of leading a human trafficking and prostitution ring, a day after hanging three men linked to protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death last September, the Islamic Republic's judiciary said.

"Following confirmation of the sentence of Shahrouz Sokhanvari, [aka] Alex, in the Supreme Court, he was hanged this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online news website reported.

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