Iraq sentences six alleged ISIS members to death

“Six terrorists, including the so-called ‘Governor of Anbar’ for the ISIS terrorist organization, have been sentenced to death by hanging by the Karkh Criminal Court,” Iraq’s National Security Service (INSS) said in a statement.

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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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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 hangs man convicted of setting mosque on fire

The Islamic republic brutally cracked down on nationwide demonstrations in January, which began as protests against the country’s dwindling economy but quickly escalated to calls to overthrow the regime. 

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Muslim nations denounce controversial Israeli death penalty law

"The rule is death, life imprisonment is the exception," Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared after the legislation's approval.

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Iraq condemns Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinians prisoners

Foreign ministers of Germany, France, the UK, and Italy have previously voiced “deep concern, and warned that the bill, if passed into law, will “significantly expand the possibilities to impose the death penalty in Israel.”

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Justice for ‘Iraq’s greatest spy’: ISIS convict sentenced to death for 2017 killing of officer

An Iraqi court has sentenced an ISIS member to death for the abduction and killing of an officer and a civilian in Tarmiyah in 2017, under the country’s anti-terrorism law.

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Iran sentences teen athlete to death over alleged protest killing: Monitor

"The court rejected Saleh Mohammadi’s claims that his confession was obtained under torture and ruled that his execution be carried out in public at the site of the alleged crime," said the Norway-based Iran Human Rights watchdog.

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Erbil sentences surgeon to death over killing family members

The Kurdistan Region currently maintains a moratorium on executions, in place since 2008.

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