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Fans holds the banner reading ‘Stop Executions in Iran’ before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G match between Belgium and Iran at Los Angeles Stadium on June 21, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Stu Forster/Getty Images/AFP)
August 16, 2026, 3:08 pm
Iran executes man who allegedly rammed cops ‘in support of the Zionist regime’
Shahram Sadeghi sentenced to death over incident in which 7 were wounded during January protests that turned deadly
By AFP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators holding signs as they gather near the Francis Scott Key Bridge during a rally in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran, in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2026. (Amid Farahi/ AFP)
July 29, 2026, 12:33 am
Some Iranian prisoners facing execution reportedly sew lips shut amid hunger strike
Report says over 1,500 death row inmates at prison in Tehran area have been refusing food for 2 weeks, with video filmed inside the facility showing a group chanting: ‘Be our voice’
By ToI Staff and AFP
A woman talks on her cellphone as she walks past an anti-US graffiti on the wall of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 28, 2026, 11:45 am
Iran hangs two anti-government protesters in public
Tehran says it executed men in front of crowd in Malekshahr city square for ‘waging war against God’; pair convicted of tying up police officers and setting them on fire
By AFP
Illustrative: A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News Agency on December 12, 2022, shows the public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, in Iran's Mashhad city. (Mizan News/AFP)
July 14, 2026, 2:46 pm
Iran executes two men convicted of links to Islamic State, planning attacks
Tehran says two men part of cell operating along Iran-Iraq border, were hanged after final decision from Supreme Court
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Members of Jordanian special forces guard at the airport upon the departure of a US delegation, in Amman, Jordan, October 13, 202. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
June 21, 2026, 7:05 pm
Jordan hangs 6 for killing security personnel after 9-year pause in death penalties
Government says men were involved in terror and drug cases between 2014 and 2022; over 100 remain on death row, Amman says executions to proceed ‘one by one’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A picture shows a portrait of an Iranian opponent and flowers placed on a gallows, during a demonstration of the exiled Iranian opposition to protest against the Iranian government on February 8, 2019 in Paris. (Alain JOCARD / AFP)
May 26, 2026, 1:16 pm
Iran executes man over alleged cooperation with Mossad spy agency
Judiciary claims that Gholamreza Khani Shakarab was tasked with recruiting operatives in country, was part of Israeli plot to assassinate rabbi and blame Iranians
By AFP and ToI Staff
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
Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of Death Penalty Action, and other death penalty opponents hold a demonstration outside the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, September 25, 2024, asking the state to call off the scheduled execution of Alan Miller in what would be the nation's second execution using nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)
April 26, 2026, 5:23 am
US to add firing squad, electrocutions, gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods
Move comes as Justice Department struggles to obtain drugs for lethal injections after Trump rescinded moratorium on federal executions last year
By Jonathan Allen
Illustrative image from an Israeli prison, January 21, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
April 2, 2026, 2:45 pm
‘Entrenches apartheid’: UAE, 7 other Muslim countries blast Israeli death penalty law
Statement by FMs, many from countries which also enforce death penalty, decries law’s discriminatory nature toward Palestinians, says it risks ‘exacerbating tensions’
By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
September 29, 2025, 9:00 am
Iran hangs ‘one of most important spies’ for Israel amid wave of executions
Case of Bahman Choobi-asl wasn’t previously known to Iranian activists; judiciary says he passed information to Mossad that aimed to breach Iranian data centers
By AP and ToI Staff
Zvi Kogan, a Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the UAE in November 2024. (Screenshot: @DUDIKEPLER via Reuters)
March 30, 2025, 4:44 pm
UAE reportedly sentences 3 Uzbek nationals to death over killing of Chabad rabbi
Abu Dhabi yet to officially confirm ruling against those who kidnapped, murdered Rabbi Zvi Kogan in November last year; friend of victim calls decision ‘historic’
By ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on January 6, 2025, shows fighters affiliated with Syria's new administration taking men into custody in Syria's west-central city of Homs. (SANA / AFP)
January 27, 2025, 8:46 am
Syrian fighters execute 35 in 72 hours, mainly officers from former regime, monitor says
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says many of those killed were from religious minorities, rebels used ‘unprecedented level of cruelty and violence’
By AFP
Hamas authorities are seen apparently executing Palestinians in Gaza accused of collaboration with Israel, in an unverified video circulating on social media, January 23, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 24, 2025, 3:48 pm
Video appears to show Hamas shooting several alleged ‘collaborators’ in Gaza
Palestinian reports say Hamas executed six Gazans in Rafah accused of spying for Israel, shot 17 people in the feet for raising prices
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Portraits are exhibited behind a noose in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin, Germany, on February 10, 2024. (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)
January 7, 2025, 4:00 pm
Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN tally of reports finds
UN rights office spokesperson says international body confident that ‘alarmingly, shockingly high’ figure is correct; increase in number of women executed, surge in use of hangings
By AFP
Illustrative: A Saudi flag behind barbed wire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, highest number in decades – rights groups
Some of them were put to death for drug smuggling, non-lethal terrorism, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that executions are only for lethal crimes
By Pesha Magid
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