Execution
Amnesty International issues rare condemnation of Hamas, demands end to extrajudicial executions
The organization, which has frequently criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank, demanded that Hamas end impunity for extrajudicial killings and reprisal attacks.
Facing exile and persecution, an Iranian dissident crossed from devout Muslim to student of Judaism
UN helped Iran expand anti-drug crackdown despite execution concerns
Iran executes man convicted of running over police during January protests
Iranian ‘Black Widow’ accused of killing a dozen men handed 10 death sentences by Iranian court
The woman said she would marry men temporarily and, after living with them for around two to three months, would kill her victims by giving them pills or dissolving the pills in their drinks.
Iran executions return to near-daily pace as war distracts world from domestic repression
Only 67 of at least 444 executions documented in Iran this year were announced by authorities, as rights advocates warn of a broader crackdown.
Iranian Christian dissident denied right to stay in Israel with his wife, child - interview
"Everything inside me began to change. I started thinking: maybe the people they hung from cranes were innocent too, like us. Maybe the people whose hands they cut off were also innocent."
Iranian rapper sentenced to death for 'writing protest slogans on walls'
The 22-year-old musician was issued the death sentence on charge of “waging war against God through participation in the destruction of public property,” among other charges.
January protesters continue to receive death sentences as Islamic regime continues suppression
Mehdi Khaneki was executed for "operational actions" that benefited Israel, the United States, and hostile groups, as well as for what the judiciary described as crimes committed during the protests.
Iran executes more than 100 people in June alone, human rights group claims
Iran’s execution toll has reached at least 370 this year, with more than 100 killings reported in June alone, according to a Iranian human rights watchdog.
Hamas executes Gazan for 'collaborating' with Israeli intelligence - report
Hamas sources said that the man confessed to the charges immediately after his arrest following the assassination of Hamas commander Izz al-Din Haddad.
Islamic regime’s stream of human rights abuses, repression continues, experts say
Since the beginning of 2026 alone, at least 45 political prisoners and individuals on security-related charges were executed, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran.
There was no regime change in Iran, and Donald Trump knows it - opinion
Trump would have us believe the people running Iran today are a different, new regime – that the architects of the January massacres are gone, replaced by new, more reasonable people.
In bid to relieve international pressure, Islamic regime frees 139 Iranians sentenced to death
"They free a few hundred in every celebration, every festival, and it seems from outside that they are a kind and democratic and merciful regime…but they are taking hostages," said Sabti.
