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Iran hangs three, including national wrestling champion, in connection with January protests
The Hengaw human rights organization reported that the men gave their confessions after being tortured, and they were found guilty despite there being no witnesses or evidence.
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, Mizan reports
'Enmity against god': Iran issues death sentence linked to January unrest, source says
Iran's Pezeshkian says republic won’t bow to external demands as domestic unrest resurfaces
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.
Iran executes at least 13 prisoners on Saturday morning as regime increases use of death penalty
The HRANA report comes as the Islamic Republic has been carrying out an increasing number of executions.
Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel's Mossad
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with the Israeli intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.
Iran says two Islamic State‑linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing
The Iranian judiciary said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus traveling from Tehran to Ilam, a province in the west that borders Iraq.
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
Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.
Iran sends mixed signals on executions as judiciary warns ‘severest punishment’ for ‘mohareb’
Mohareb, meaning to wage war against God, involves the use of weapons to create fear and breach public security under the regime’s law.
Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester sentenced to death, confirmed alive by watchdog
Soltani was arrested during public protests in Karaj on January 8. He was the first to be sentenced to execution, an Iranian official told Reuters.
Canadian killed by Iranian regime amid violent crackdown on protests
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand extended her “deepest condolences” and announced that Canadian consular officials are “in contact with the victim’s family in Canada.”
Trump promises consequences if Iran executes protester as UN condemns planned state murder
Protester Erfan Soltani is set to be put to death as soon as today, without trial, after regime forces arrested him in his home on January 8.
