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Islamic regime left at least 222 children orphaned with drug-related executions in 2025
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime should pause cooperation with the Islamic regime over drug-related executions, according to a newly published Harm Reduction International report.
Sporting bodies failing Iran's athletes, fmr. head coach of Iran’s national wrestling team says
Iran hangs three, including national wrestling champion, in connection with January protests
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, Mizan reports
On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad
Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.
Iran executes individual accused of intel. cooperation with Mossad
The Iranian news source described the individual as a "senior spy and field supporter of several operations" by the Israeli intelligence agency.
Iran responsible for majority of executions as 2024 marks deadliest year since 2015
Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia collectively killed 1380 people, with Iran being responsible for the majority (972).
Remains of seven Norwegian resistance fighters executed in 1945 found in Oslofjord
Norwegian Police plan to recover the remains and identify them using DNA analysis.
Al-Sharaa calls for a commission of inquiry into mass executions of Alawites – report
Syria’s new government launches inquiry after mass executions spark global condemnation.
Iran moves political prisoner to solitary in preparation for execution over Israel ties, NGO says
Iranian authorities received a confession by torturing Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh, and he was quickly convicted, the NGO said.
The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West - opinion
In the end, it is not only Iran’s youth who suffer under this hypocrisy; it is the integrity of human rights itself.
Iran executes 29 prisoners in one day, rights groups report
Human rights organizations frequently criticize Iran for its high rate of executions, second only to China.
Iran executes over 300 individuals in first seven months of 2024, 49 in July alone
Out of the total executions in Iran so far this year, over 20% were of ethnic minorities.
'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death
Sharifeh Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since December 2023, has not been granted visits and phone calls by family members.
