Execution

Hegesth plan to publicly livestream Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN condemnation

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth told Jack Posobiec.

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Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012.
Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison

Pike, 50, had been taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious and ‌with severe arm injuries after two injections failed to kill her at a maximum-security prison.

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Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012.

Is it legal for the US to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution? - explainer

The Pentagon's plan to broadcast Nidal Hasan's execution would break a century of US precedent. Here is what the law says about the public executions and death by firing squad.

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US President Donald Trump dances on stage during a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026.

Trump leaves door open to Iran strike before midterms, less than a day after ruling it out

Asked about possible US strikes on Iran before the midterms, Trump said, "We may. I mean, we'll see." Trump also discussed the Russian diesel deal and the Fort Hood shooter.

|ByIDAN KWELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

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.

MAY 11, 2025ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

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.

APRIL 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Family members of Colonel Sayad Khodai, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, weep over his body in his car after he was reportedly shot by two assailants in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2022.

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). 

APRIL 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against executions, in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024

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.

MARCH 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oslofjord, Norway.

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.

MARCH 10, 2025ByJUDE TARAGIN
People protest against the killing of civilians and security forces linked to Syria's new rulers, following clashes between the forces loyal to the new administration and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, at Marjeh Square, in Damascus, Syria, March 9, 2025.

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. 

DECEMBER 15, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.