Executions in Iran

Iran executed 853 people in 2023 – the highest number on record since 2015, according to a new report in Amnesty International. The surge in ...

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, ...

The Islamic Republic's authorities have executed another prisoner amid a shocking increase in the use of capital punishment. Ahmad Esmaeili, who was sentenced to death ...

A number of human rights advocacy groups have issued warnings about an apparent increase in the rate of politically motivated executions in Iran, and the ...

Iran recently executed four “saboteurs” linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website says. “Four members of a sabotage team associated with ...

In the Iranian month of Azar, which spans from November 22 to December 21, the grim reality of Iran’s human rights situation has reached a ...

Execution of rebellious youth Milad Bideh in Karaj and execution of Hamid Bakhshi, who was arrested at the age of 16, after 15 years in ...

Iran says an individual who was spying for Israel has been executed in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. According to the official IRNA news agency, the ...

Human rights organizations have raised alarm over more executions in Iran, with at least nine individuals hanged in the past two days alone.