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.
His warning comes after the government cracked down on anti-government protests in January, sparked a month before over economic grievances in the sanctions-hit country.
Meanwhile, rising military tensions in the Gulf and the closure of Dubai's airspace severely disrupted flight operations at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.