Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi - Activist stands ...

Iran executed at least 87 prisoners in January 2025, including eight Afghans, according to Hengaw. Only three of these Iran ...

Following the rise in executions of Afghan citizens in Iran, a human rights organization called Hengaw has reported that two prisoners, including one Afghan national, were executed at the central ...

Widespread anti-regime protests erupted across Iran on Sunday night as the Islamic Republic marked its 46th anniversary amid ...

Iran carries out the second highest number of executions worldwide per year after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International. Capital punishment is applied in Iran for ...

Iran carries out the second highest number of executions worldwide per year after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International. Capital punishment is applied in Iran for ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of ...

Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to ...

Iran has given temporary reprieve from execution ... received last-minute relief from capital punishment over the weekend, but activists fighting her case are not resting yet.

A man was executed in Iran on Wednesday for the murder of a police officer in a central part of the country, the judiciary's official news agency reported.