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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Global executions in 2025 highest in four decades: Amnesty

Iraq was listed among the countries that carried out executions in 2025, though Amnesty said that it could not verify a minimum figure and therefore categorized the country as “Iraq (+).”

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Iran executes aerospace researcher accused of being CIA, Mossad spy

His execution came two years after he was arrested, the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights said, adding that he was “subjected to nine months of severe physical and psychological torture in solitary confinement in order to extract forced confessions.”

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‘My first crime was being a Kurd’: Iran executes two on espionage charges

"Don't pass by this execution letter lightly. Today is my turn, and tomorrow is someone else's turn," wrote the late Nasser Bakrzadeh in a letter composed in prison as he awaited his execution.

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Iran executes young man accused of attacking police during protests

The 21-year-old Sasan Azadvar was a karate champion from Isfahan province, according to the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights watchdog.

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Iran executes Baluchi man accused of attacks on security forces

“The execution sentence of Amer Ramesh was carried out early this morning,” Mizan said, accusing him of “armed rebellion through bomb attacks and ambushes targeting military forces.” 

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Iran executes man charged with spying for Israel

Erfan Kiani, one of the main elements of the enemy in the January riots in Isfahan, who, on a Mossad mission, had destroyed and burned public and private property, created terror in the city, and carried out gunfire, was hanged this morning," Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.

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Iran executes man on dissent, espionage charges

Sultan Ali Shirzadifakhr “was hanged for the crime of membership in the terrorist group of the MEK and cooperation with the Zionist regime’s spy service,” state broadcaster IRIB reported on Thursday.

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