The Iranian regime executed more than 1,600 people last year — marking a three decade high not seen since the end of the Islamic Republic’s war against Iraq in 1989. The shocking figures were included ...

Iran announced the execution of two political prisoners on March 31, a day after the death penalty was also carried out on two others, in a sign that the clerical authorities are stepping up a ...

Iran executed two men on May 13 as the accelerated campaign of political hangings since the start of the war with the United States and Israel shows no signs of abating. Ehsan Afrashteh, a ...

While the total executions carried out in Iran increased to a record number last year, executions performed by the Islamic Republic have been on an “alarming surge” since the U.S.-Israeli war with ...

Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said on April 13, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in ...

The Tehran regime has executed at least 14 prisoners on political and security charges in the three weeks since the Iran war began on 28 February, amid a near-total internet shutdown that has lasted ...