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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
Iranian author sentenced to death after interview on Israeli channel
Mehdi Bahman was arrested in October after he gave an interview to Channel 13 in which he was critical of the Islamic regime.
Iranian protests reach 100 days: Official warns situation 'dangerous'
Iranian authorities continued to crack down heavily on protests, restricting internet access in some areas and issuing death sentences.
Over a third of all US executions in 2022 were botched - report
One notable execution saw a man, still believed by some to be innocent, having to help the executioners properly find a vein for the lethal injection.
Iran executes 2nd protester, Majidreza Rahnavard, after reported torture
Iranian protester Majidreza Rahnavard was reportedly not given access to a lawyer and was tortured, appearing in court with injuries.
Iran executes protestor convicted of injuring security guard - Tasnim
The Tasnim news agency identified the person who was executed as Mohsen Shekari but gave no more details.
Iran executes four individuals convicted of cooperating with Israel -Fars
Tehran has recently accused Israeli and Western intelligence of plotting civil war in Iran, which is now gripped by anti-government protests.
US monitoring alleged executions in Ukraine, says war crimes envoy
The videos show what appear to be Russian soldiers lying on the ground after apparently surrendering. Then automatic gunfire rings out and the video shows around 12 bodies.
Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown on video
A video circulate on Russian social media on Sunday showed the sledgehammer execution of a former Russian mercenary who switched to backing Ukraine.
‘Were my sons not enough?!’ shouts mother of detained Iranian protester
Further protests were planned across Iran this week for the anniversary of the 2019 "Bloody November" protests.
Iran arrests dissident rapper, calls Amini story reporters CIA spies
Iran’s regime charged Hamedi and Mohammadi of being the “primary sources of news for foreign media.” The women are being held in Tehran’s brutal Evin prison.