Execution
Who is Leila Abolhasani? The mother sentenced to death after Iran’s January protests
Abolhasani, a 43-year-old beautician and mother of two teenage girls, was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” after authorities accused her of helping set fire to a supermarket.
Iran’s regime is at war with its own people - and executions are its weapon - opinion
Amnesty International issues rare condemnation of Hamas, demands end to extrajudicial executions
Facing exile and persecution, an Iranian dissident crossed from devout Muslim to student of Judaism
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.
Sweden frees convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury in prisoner exchange deal
In 2022, Noury was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Stockholm court for his role in the mass executions of Iranian regime opponents in 1988.
Iran supreme court rejects retrial for Jew facing imminent execution
US Jews and others raised $1.5 million to save Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, but without success.
