Members of an Iranian metal band called Confess have been arrested and may face execution, it is claimed.

Trev McKendry of Metal Nation Radio posted a message on the Metal Nation News website from a friend of the band saying that two band members were facing charges including blasphemy and "playing heavy metal, owning an independent record label and for communicating with foreign radio stations".

Band members Nikan "Siyanor" Khosravi and Arash "Chemical" Ilkhani were said to be arrested on November 10, 2015 and held in solitary confinement until February 5. They are reportedly awaiting trial dates.

According to McKendry's source they have been charged with blasphemy; "advertising against the system"; forming and running an illegal band and record label in the "satanic 'metal & rock' music style"; writing anti-religious, atheist, political and anarchist lyrics; and giving interview to foreign radio stations.