The latest executions bring to four the number of protesters officially known to have been executed in the aftermath of the unrest.
It said all of those facing death sentences had been denied the right to adequate defence and access to lawyers of their choosing.
Hosseini's lawyer Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani said in a December 18 tweet that Hosseini had been severely tortured and that confessions extracted under torture had no legal basis. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday named hardline police official Ahmad Reza Radan as the new national police commander, state media reported.
The Basij force, affiliated with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards, has been behind much of the crackdown against protesters. Iranian officials have said that up to 300 people, including members of the security forces, have died.
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