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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.'"

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranian Basiji men carry a hanging noose attached to a banner that reads "the Execution Verdict of Netanyahu and Other Zionist Regime Leaders Must be Issued" during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2026.
A woman is holding a sign with the portrait of a man condemned to death by hanging and the slogan No to Execution in Paris in France on January 18, 2026

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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.

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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
26-year-old Iranian protester Erfaneh Soltani who is set to be executed by the Islamic regime on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

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.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel amid anti-Mossad crackdown

The man was accused of transmitting information to Israeli websites and "intelligence collaboration."

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Iranian Defence Week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2025.

Iran executes seven over killings of IRGC officers, Muslim cleric

The IRGC's judiciary news agency reported that the men had ties to Israel.

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Protesters burn makeshift Israeli and US flags during an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, judiciary's news outlet

The judiciary's news outlet named the defendant "Bahman Choubi-asl."

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByREUTERS
A man wears a noose around his neck as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organization," in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

Over 1,000 people executed by Islamic regime over past nine months, human rights org. claims

The number of executions has reportedly reached a three-decade peak, with 64 executions over the past week alone. 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A person holds an umbrella with a sign that reads: "Free Iran" as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, June 21, 2025.

Iran executes ninth man in recent months accused of spying for Israel

Iran has put to death many individuals it accuses of having links with Israel's Mossad.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByREUTERS
A noose is pictured as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organisation", in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

Large rise in number of people executed in Iran, says UN

One hundred people were executed in July, more than double the number of people executed in July of last year, according to the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights.

AUGUST 29, 2025ByREUTERS
A man wears a noose around his neck as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organization," in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

Family of Kurd executed by Iran deny allegations linking him with Mossad - report

Iran's judiciary has executed Kurdish porters under charges including "moharebeh" (enmity against God), and "efsad-e fel-arz" (corruption on earth).

AUGUST 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Kurdish men carry goods on their backs along the mountains of the Iran-Iraq border; illustrative.

Iranian media says regime hangs nine alleged ISIS members - report

The people were reportedly arrested after ammunition, machine guns, grenades, and various other weapons were discovered.

JUNE 10, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A shirt bearing ISIS insignia, found on a terrorist who attempted to carry out a terror attack in Qalandiya, the West Bank, December 7, 2024.

WATCH: IDF footage exposes Hamas's brutal public execution of Gaza dissenter

"Watch how Hamas elements kill a resident of the Gaza Strip in a hideous manner. Hamas's crimes do not stop," Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian said.

JUNE 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Hamas terrorist executes a Gazan resident of Gaza city over the weekend, according to a video published by the terror group, June 8, 2025.

Iran executes man accused of being an Israeli 'senior spy'

A United Nations report from January stated that the number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 in 2024, including 31 women.

MAY 28, 2025ByREUTERS
Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organisation", in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.