There are fears for the fates of women’s rights activists imprisoned in Iran after a surge in executions since the election of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in July. ...
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Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions
Iranian authorities have reportedly executed at least 87 people in the month after the presidential elections in late June, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Among those executed was ...
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Victims recount Iran’s use of mock executions as torture
While Iran is notorious for its high execution rate, a frequently overlooked aspect is the harrowing accounts of "mock executions" used as a method of torture against prisoners, including ...
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Iran hangs final defendant in 2008 case after ‘unfair trial’
Iranian authorities on Thursday executed Kurdish man Kamran Sheikheh, the last surviving defendant in a case linked to a Muslim cleric's killing in 2008, rights groups said. Sheikheh, one ...
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Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Death in Iran
A Kurdish Iranian journalist, social worker, and political prisoner has been sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on charges of "rebellion." Pakhshan Azizi was convicted of "membership in ...
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Labor Activist Sentenced to Death in Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced a labor activist to death on a charge of “armed rebellion against the state,” based on an allegation of membership in an opposition group, ...
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