Iran carried out at least 2,159 of the approximately 2,707 executions recorded worldwide last year, according to Amnesty ...

WASHINGTON -- Three Iranian men were executed this week on alleged charges of collaborating with Israel, according to the Islamic Republic judiciary, bringing the total number of people put to death ...

While the total executions carried out in Iran increased to a record number last year, executions performed by the Islamic Republic have been on an “alarming surge” since the U.S.-Israeli war with ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the ...

Iran on Monday hanged a man convicted in connection with nationwide protests in January. Early morning executions have become near-daily events under the cover of the war against Israel and the United ...

Executions across the world surged to a 40-year high last year as China and Iran executed thousands of people, according to Amnesty International.

Iran announced the execution of two political prisoners on March 31, a day after the death penalty was also carried out on two others, in a sign that the clerical authorities are stepping up a ...

Iran executed two men on May 13 as the accelerated campaign of political hangings since the start of the war with the United States and Israel shows no signs of abating. Ehsan Afrashteh, a ...

Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said on April 13, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in ...