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Prisoners in Iran Unite in 49th Week of “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign

On December 31, 2024, prisoners across Iran marked the 49th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, a protest movement initiated by political...

Iran executes at least 883 people in 2024

Since the beginning of 2024, Iranian authorities have carried out at least 883 executions, with 94 percent conducted in complete secrecy. This has sparked...

Iran executes at least 10 prisoners 

Human rights sources reported Thursday that Iran’s judiciary executed at least 10 prisoners, including two Afghan nationals, in the cities of Shiraz, Gonabad, Jiroft...

Women Being Sent to the Gallows in Alarming Numbers in Iran

Amidst a huge surge in executions in the Islamic Republic—862 so far in 2024, the highest per capita execution rate globally—the Iranian authorities are now increasingly...

Kurdish political prisoner at risk of execution for helping injured protesters

An Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner faces execution in Iran for providing medical supplies to protesters injured during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in 2022. Rezgar Beigzadeh...

9 People Including Woman Executed in Yazd

A woman only identified as Mahboobeh, Karim Eslami, Najaf Rahmani, five Baluch men named Mohammad Ali Barahouyi Kharkouhi, Reza Barahouyi Kharkouhi, Abdolbaset Totazehi, Abdolnaser...

Saman Mohammadi Khiareh at Imminent Risk of Execution/IHRNGO Calls for Domestic and International Backlash

Saman Mohammadi Khiareh, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row for “moharebeh (enmity against god) through membership in a group opposed to the system and...