Execution

Iran hangs three, including national wrestling champion, in connection with January protests

The Hengaw human rights organization reported that the men gave their confessions after being tortured, and they were found guilty despite there being no witnesses or evidence.

Iranian Basiji men carry a hanging noose attached to a banner that reads "the Execution Verdict of Netanyahu and Other Zionist Regime Leaders Must be Issued" during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2026.
Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, Mizan reports

An effigy resembling Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hanged during a rally in support of Iranian protesters during a global day of action in Los Angeles, California, February 14, 2026.

'Enmity against god': Iran issues death sentence linked to January unrest, source says

IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September. Every time Washington issues sanctions without follow-through, Tehran learns that defiance pays, the writer argues.

Iran's Pezeshkian says republic won’t bow to external demands as domestic unrest resurfaces


Ebrahim Raisi signaled Iranian revolution's demise

The deceased Iranian president epitomized the Khomeini Revolution’s successes, adventures, and decay.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures during a meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023.

IRGC, Khamenei representative pushing for execution of Iranian Jew - report

Several Jews have been executed by the Islamic regime since the revolution in 1979.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony, in Tehran

Iranian Jew’s execution reportedly delayed after prayer campaign by Jews around the world

The stay of execution, which the Israeli outlet Ynet said had been communicated via WhatsApp chats, followed a frenzy of advocacy on Ghahremani’s behalf by Jewish communities around the world.

 An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

Iran’s regime postpones execution of young Iranian Jew

New details emerged about Ghahremani who is being held in Kermanshah Central Prison in Western Iran. Ynet reported about the postponement of Arvin Nathaniel’s execution until next month.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Iran's executions of artists highlights regime's stance on freedom of expression - opinion

Iran has significantly increased executions in 2024, targeting dissenters like rapper Toomaj Salehi, reflecting the regime’s harsh stance on freedom of expression.

 PROTESTERS IN support of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a banner reading ‘Woman Life Freedom,’ in Ottawa, 2022.

Iranian executions up by 43% since last year, most unannounced

Iran's Human Rights NGOs reported 834 executions in 2023, with only 15% officially announced, sparking concerns about transparency.

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Hamas celebrates UN call for probe into alleged IDF abuses of Palestinian women

The UN statement reported allegations that Palestinian women and girls had been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, frequently along with family members, including children.

Palestinian women sit at the debris of a house destroyed in an air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019

Iran executes four people it claims are linked to Israeli intelligence

The defendants were accused of illegally entering Iranian territory from Iraq's Kurdistan region to carry out a bombing operation.

 (L-R) Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Alabama completes first execution using nitrogen gas asphyxiation

Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a rare prisoner who had already survived one execution attempt.

 The gate at Holman Correctional Facility is monitored by law enforcement before the scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen of Kenneth Smith who is convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, in Atmore, Alabama, U.S. January 25, 2024.

'He took to the streets for you!': Iranian protester executed by regime

Qobadlou was sentenced to death in late 2022, in the middle of the protests, on charges of killing a police officer and of "corruption on earth."

Mohammad Qobadlou, 22, an Iranian whom the regime is set to execute for participation in a protest.