Execution

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope

Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi criticizes Miriam Adelson's claims, calls for diplomacy in US-Iran talks, and warns of military retaliation if negotiations fail.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, February 7, 2026; illustrative.
An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

Iran executes at least 13 prisoners on Saturday morning as regime increases use of death penalty

An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel's Mossad

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014.

Iran says two Islamic State‑linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing


Iran's executions of artists highlights regime's stance on freedom of expression - opinion

Iran has significantly increased executions in 2024, targeting dissenters like rapper Toomaj Salehi, reflecting the regime’s harsh stance on freedom of expression.

 PROTESTERS IN support of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a banner reading ‘Woman Life Freedom,’ in Ottawa, 2022.

Iranian executions up by 43% since last year, most unannounced

Iran's Human Rights NGOs reported 834 executions in 2023, with only 15% officially announced, sparking concerns about transparency.

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Hamas celebrates UN call for probe into alleged IDF abuses of Palestinian women

The UN statement reported allegations that Palestinian women and girls had been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, frequently along with family members, including children.

Palestinian women sit at the debris of a house destroyed in an air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019

Iran executes four people it claims are linked to Israeli intelligence

The defendants were accused of illegally entering Iranian territory from Iraq's Kurdistan region to carry out a bombing operation.

 (L-R) Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Alabama completes first execution using nitrogen gas asphyxiation

Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a rare prisoner who had already survived one execution attempt.

 The gate at Holman Correctional Facility is monitored by law enforcement before the scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen of Kenneth Smith who is convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, in Atmore, Alabama, U.S. January 25, 2024.

'He took to the streets for you!': Iranian protester executed by regime

Qobadlou was sentenced to death in late 2022, in the middle of the protests, on charges of killing a police officer and of "corruption on earth."

Mohammad Qobadlou, 22, an Iranian whom the regime is set to execute for participation in a protest.

UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas

Kenneth Smith, convicted of murder, is scheduled to be executed in the state of Alabama on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia.

Prison, death row (illustrative)

Iran says it executes four 'saboteurs' linked to Israel's Mossad

IRNA state news said their mission entailed kidnappings, threatening and setting fire to vehicles and homes of unnamed targets and stealing their mobile phones.

 Members of Basij paramilitary forces hold a coffin with the Israeli flag during a rally in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2023.

Iran claims to execute agent of Israel's Mossad intelligence service

The execution took place in a Zahedan jail in in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

 Members of Basij paramilitary forces hold a coffin with the Israeli flag during a rally in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2023.

Hamas claims 50 Israeli hostages killed in Gaza, no proof given

Hamas has a history of reporting that hostages were killed in airstrikes after they had been executed by the terrorist group.

 Kfar Aza residents and People call on the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. October 26, 2023.