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Iran disputes claim that Trump stopped over 800 executions, say none were scheduled - report
"I stopped 837 hangings on Thursday," Trump told the press on Friday morning. "And I said, 'if you hang those people, you're gonna be hit harder than you've ever been hit.'"
Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says
Iran sends mixed signals on executions as judiciary warns ‘severest punishment’ for ‘mohareb’
Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester sentenced to death, confirmed alive by watchdog
Canadian killed by Iranian regime amid violent crackdown on protests
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand extended her “deepest condolences” and announced that Canadian consular officials are “in contact with the victim’s family in Canada.”
Trump promises consequences if Iran executes protester as UN condemns planned state murder
Protester Erfan Soltani is set to be put to death as soon as today, without trial, after regime forces arrested him in his home on January 8.
Iran set to execute 26-year-old protester on Wednesday without trial
While an estimated 2,000 people have been killed in anti-Islamic regime protests in recent weeks, Erfaneh Soltani is the first protester to be sentenced to execution.
Iran protests: Death toll hits 36, Islamic Republic executes man accused of spying for Israel
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran's treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in inappropriate conditions.
Iran's Crown Prince slams Islamic Republic after execution of Iranian accused of spying for Israel
Aghil Keshavarz, a Shahrood University student, was executed on Saturday, after Iran's judiciary convicted him of spying for Israel.
Over 1,000 civilians killed, third summarily executed in Sudan's Darfur when RSF seized camp - UN
"Such deliberate killing of civilians or persons hors de combat may constitute the war crime of murder,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, in a statement.
Nick Reiner charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner
Reiner could face life without parole or the death penalty if convicted, though “no decision” has been made on whether prosecutors will seek capital punishment.
Who are the innocent Iranians silenced by the regime? - editorial
Human rights groups estimate that more than 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025 alone.
Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother
Vahid Razavi, a member of the Vadi family, told the dissident media site that Rouzbeh Vadi was detained a year and a half ago after a dispute at work.
