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Iran disputes claim that Trump stopped over 800 executions, say none were scheduled - report
"I stopped 837 hangings on Thursday," Trump told the press on Friday morning. "And I said, 'if you hang those people, you're gonna be hit harder than you've ever been hit.'"
Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says
Iran sends mixed signals on executions as judiciary warns ‘severest punishment’ for ‘mohareb’
Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester sentenced to death, confirmed alive by watchdog
Fears grow over reports that Iran is massacring Kurds in Sanandaj
Recent reports say that Iran has dispatched masses of security forces to Sanandaj and that there are fears that people are being massacred.
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death
Iran’s regime has executed between 4,000 and 6,000 gays and lesbians since the nation’s Islamic revolution in 1979.
Hamas executes five Palestinians, two for ‘collaborating’ with Israel
A statement published by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior said that two men were executed by firing squad and hanging on charges of collaboration with Israel.
Likud activist calls for execution of senior prosecutors by firing squad
Michael Ben Shushan said in a Twitter Space conversation that he would execute senior prosecutors in the State Attorney's Office to fix the system which he believes to be corrupt.
Myanmar executes four democracy activists after decades of no death penalty
Myanmar's military junta said today that it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the country, causing an uproar.
Belarus threatens to execute activists for hindering Russian troops
Moscow used Belarus, a close Kremlin ally, as a staging ground for its assault on Kyiv. Minsk denies involvement in the conflict, but acknowledges its territory was used.
Arizona offers gas chamber as an execution method for Jewish inmate
Arizona law still allows gas to be used in executions of people who were originally sentenced prior to 1992.
Swedish-Iranian national Jalali to be executed by May 21 for spying
The Swedish foreign ministry did not immediately comment on the ISNA report.
Russia says it hit 17 Ukrainian facilities, killed more than 200 troops
Russian missile strike knocks out Odesa runway * Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia * Ukraine military regains four settlements in Kharkiv region
Israeli sentenced to death in UAE hopes execution not carried out
43-year-old Haifa native Fida Kewan was sentenced to death for drug trafficking after being accused of possessing half a kilogram of cocaine.
