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Capital Punishment

Six Political Prisoners Sentenced to Execution for PMOI Membership in Iran

The Iranian regime’s judiciary has sentenced six political prisoners—Abolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amrian, Babak Alipour, Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi—to execution following...

Rights groups call for annulment of death sentences for Verisheh Moradi, Pakhshan Azizi

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and 17 other human rights organisations have issued a joint statement condemning the death sentences handed down to...

Hunger Strike Highlights Iran’s Escalating Execution Crisis

On November 26, prisoners involved in the “No Execution Tuesdays” campaign across 25 Iranian prisons marked their 44th week of a hunger strike. In...

Iran bucks UN resolution condemning death penalty for minors, rights abuses

On November 20, the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee, whose focus includes humanitarian matters, approved a draft resolution on the deteriorating human rights...

Two political prisoners sentenced to death as Iran’s execution rate soars

Two Iranian political prisoners have been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Urmia in separate cases. The sentences for Mehran Hasanzadeh and Hamid...

Iran Executes Three More Prisoners as Execution Rates Reach Record Highs

The Islamic Republic’s authorities have executed three more prisoners amid a significant spike in the use of capital punishment. The executions of Arslan Habibi, Jabbar...

Human rights violations escalate in Iran: 133 executions in one month

A human rights organization, in a detailed report, highlighted the Islamic Republic of Iran's practice of issuing and carrying out death sentences. The report...

Amirhossein Moradi and Ali Younesi: The Brave Voices of Resistance Against Executions in Iran

Amid the harsh confines of Evin Prison, two exceptional young men—Amirhossein Moradi and Ali Younesi—stand as symbols of resilience and defiance. These imprisoned elites,...