Iran says two IS-linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing

Iran executed two men for the 2023 bombing of a bus carrying pilgrims, identifying them as linked to Islamic State (IS), the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Saturday.

The news agency said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a province in the west that borders Iraq.

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The two men were involved in planting the bomb on the bus, Mizan said.