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A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" during a silent march denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)
April 26, 2026, 11:46 am
Iran executes man over membership in jihadist group, armed rebellion
Judiciary says Amer Ramesh accused of being part of Jaish al-Adl, attacking security forces,as Tehran steps up executions in wake of war with US and Israel
By AFP
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
April 6, 2026, 9:54 am
Iran executes man over alleged attack on military site during January protests
Ali Fahim is fourth person executed over alleged attempt to storm facility and access armory; fifth defendant believed facing same punishment in coming days
By Reuters and Agencies
Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests. (John MacDougall / AFP)
March 21, 2026, 4:56 pm
Wave of executions feared in Iran as authorities hang 3 young men nabbed in protests
Rights groups say victims include star wrestler, 19, who said in court he was tortured into confessing to killing a cop during regime’s brutal crackdown in January
By Lee Keath, Julia Frankel and Sarah El Deeb
People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
January 19, 2026, 5:58 pm
Soaring Iran executions appear to be a ‘tool of state intimidation,’ UN warns
Rights chief decries ‘systematic use’ of death penalty that reportedly killed 1,500 in Iran last year, pans proposed Israeli law on mandatory sentences for terrorists
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iranian police in Tehran, Iran, August 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
December 7, 2025, 1:35 pm
Iran hangs man convicted in massive car-buying scam case
Mohammad Reza Ghaffari convicted of defrauding tens of thousands of people out of some $350 million; he failed to reimburse them, which would have saved his life
By AFP
The Iranian flag flutters over the capital Tehran amid heavy winter smog pollution, November 25 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 25, 2025, 12:37 pm
Iran publicly executes man convicted of raping two women
Another man, a convicted murderer, was hanged in public two weeks ago; Islamic Republic second only to China in executions, which are usually carried out inside prison
By AFP
Supporters of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels brandish weapons during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa on October 17, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
November 23, 2025, 2:47 am
Yemen’s Houthis sentence 17 to death over alleged spying for Israel, US, Saudi Arabia
Amid large-scale crackdown, charges include recruitment of others that enabled strikes that caused deaths and major damage — a possible reference to Israeli bombings
By AFP
Shin Bet chief David Zini attends the state memorial ceremony marking 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, November 3, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 12:29 pm
Shin Bet said to back death penalty for terrorists, in departure from previous stance
IDF said to support the law but only if sentence handed down on case-by-case basis; Smotrich reportedly pushing for it to apply to Jews who spy for Iran as well
By ToI Staff
MK Zvika Fogel leads a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, on November 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 18, 2025, 11:40 pm
Knesset panel working on death penalty bill mulls series of draconian amendments — report
Otzma Yehudit lawmaker said to suggest death by lethal injection within 90 days for all those guilty of killing Jews, or planning to kill Jews, without any room for appeal
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of an execution in Iran. (AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)
October 19, 2025, 6:19 pm
Iran executes man accused of espionage for Israel after pardon rejected
Authorities do not name individual who was hanged in Qom, claim he was in contact with Mossad from October 2023 until arrest in early 2024
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of an execution in Iran. (AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)
September 17, 2025, 8:37 am
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Prosecutors say Babak Shahbazi collected information on centers linked to military and security apparatus; rights group says trial ‘unfair,’ he was tortured, forced to confess
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: People take part in a protest against the execution of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani, in front of the Iranian embassy in Mexico City on December 19, 2022. (Pedro PARDO / AFP)
August 21, 2025, 1:43 pm
Iran publicly hangs man accused of murder, in second execution in days
Judiciary says man was put to death at scene of triple murder he committed last year in the city of Kordkuy, as Tehran continues wave of capital punishments
By AFP
In this May 26, 2011 file photo, the body of convicted man Mahdi Faraji hangs at the city of Qazvin about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Hamideh Shafieeha,)
June 11, 2025, 8:20 am
Iran says it executed 9 Islamic State group members detained after a 2018 attack
IS members captured during clash with paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in west of country; rights watchdog says executions carried out without fair trials
By GABE LEVIN
Iranian rapper Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, also known as Tataloo, sits at a courtroom at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, May 7, 2024. (Tahmineh Rahmani/Mizan News Agency via AP)
June 8, 2025, 10:49 am
Once a supporter of Iran’s hardliners, rapper now on death row for insulting Islam
Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known on stage as Tataloo, said to have attempted suicide as he awaits execution over songs calling out regime in Tehran
By GABE LEVIN
Screen capture from music video of Iranian rap artist Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, aka Tataloo, 2019. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law
January 20, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran sentences pop singer Tataloo to death for blasphemy
Court accepts prosecution’s objection to original 5-year jail term; verdict can be appealed; musician had been living in Istanbul but was handed over to Iran by Turkish police
By AFP and ToI Staff
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