26 countries condemn Iran’s use of death penalty

The countries, namely Canada, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, and Germany, as well as the EU’s top diplomat, said they “condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran.” 

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UN rights chief says ‘alarmed’ by uptick in Iran executions since March

“Confessions have allegedly been obtained under torture and other ill-treatment. Several executions have reportedly been carried out in public. Some have reportedly been carried out only weeks after arrest. Twelve defendants were reportedly sentenced to death following a single three-hour closed-door hearing,” said Volker Turk.

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Iran hangs two alleged Mossad spies

Omid Behzad and Pourya Safwat, “two mercenaries of the Zionist regime and traitors to the country who had helped Mossad officers … achieve their goals by sending coordinates, images, and information from military and security centers,” were hanged on Monday, the judiciary’s Mizan Online said. 

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Iran hangs two January protesters in public

The executions were linked to the so-called Alikhani Square case, in which four members of Iranian security forces were killed during the January protests in Isfahan, per the state’s narrative.

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UN urges Iran to halt execution of 12 linked to January protests

The UN report said that at least 24 people have been executed in Iran in 2026 in connection with the January protests.

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Iran hangs protester over alleged involvement with opposition group

Mehdi Khanki, from Alborz province’s Karaj, was sentenced to death while “all his property was confiscated on charges of carrying out operational actions in favor of the Zionist regime and the United States and hostile groups,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) affiliated Fars news agency reported. 

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Iran executes alleged head of Israeli spy network

According to confessions, Shekarab’s “most important missions” was a purported scheme to assassinate a Jewish rabbi in a “regional country,” for which he gathered relevant information about the individual and his whereabouts, a plan that allegedly “failed after the destination country’s security service intervened.”

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Iran hangs man accused of sending information to US, Israel

Mojtaba Kian was hanged after “sending information in wartime conditions about the location of a company related to the defense industry in messages to an enemy-affiliated network,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website reported.

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Iran executes two Kurds over alleged links to ‘separatist’ groups

The two persons, Ramin Zelleh and Karim Marufpour, “were hanged for the crimes of membership in separatist terrorist groups,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

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