Iran has executed three men accused of carrying out armed unrest during anti-government protests in January, state media reported.
The executions come as Iran steps up its use of the death penalty. The country is widely regarded as the world's second-most prolific executioner after China.
The gap between the official account and those reports remains unresolved. Authorities have framed the unrest as organised violence; rights groups and witness accounts have described a broader crackdown on demonstrators.
The three executions are the latest cases in which Iran has applied the death penalty to people linked by the authorities to the January protests and to national security charges.
The protest movement that preceded the January unrest began in December over the high cost of living. It rapidly grew into widespread demonstrations against the government.
The number of executions has risen since US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic began in late February.
State media said the three had been accused of armed unrest. Dioband was arrested on 11 January after investigators identified him as a suspect in attacks on public property and incitement to violence. A human rights group said the latest tally of executions was the highest on record since 1981. That figure included 45 executions of suspected dissidents on national security-related charges.
Foreign-based non-governmental organisations gave higher death tolls. The BBC said it had received multiple accounts from Iranians of security forces opening fire on unarmed protesters. The men were named as Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh. They were said to have taken part in the protests earlier this year.