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In a video published on August 18, 2026, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stands in front of a construction site where he says a gallows is being built. (X screenshot)
August 20, 2026, 4:38 am
Ben Gvir announces ground broken on gallows where ‘terrorists will be executed’
Far-right minister says booths being built so families of terror victims can watch executions, days after promising ex-hostage that he’ll work to let him to personally hang his captor
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Glenn Torshizi, whose brothers were executed by the Iranian government, joins others in a picket line at the US State Department to highlight the executions in Karaj, Iran, of People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran members, March 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
April 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Iran hangs another young man as regime steps up executions of protesters under cover of war
Ali Fahim, 23, is hanged for alleged attack on Basij base during January protests, in what is said to be the regime’s 10th execution of political prisoners in 8 days
By AFP 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: 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)
April 30, 2025, 9:19 pm
‘Bloodthirsty’: Rights groups, dissidents slam Iran’s hanging of alleged spy for Israel
Mohsen Langarneshin was executed despite evidence that he confessed to crime under torture; IHR monitor says Islamic Republic has hanged 339 people so far this year
By Stuart Williams
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, 20, an Iranian Jew executed in November 2024 (Iran Human Rights)
November 4, 2024, 11:00 am
Iran executes Jewish citizen over fatal stabbing he claimed was in self-defense
Watchdog reports Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani hanged at Kermanshah Central Prison; stabbing victim’s family reportedly refused to accept financial settlement to prevent execution
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustration of syringe, 2009. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90.)
July 4, 2023, 11:57 am
Iran executes 3 rapists who lured women to fake beauty clinic, anesthetized them
Medical assistant and two nurses found to have falsely advertised online for medical procedures at unauthorized salon, then attacked total of 12 women
By AFP
Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)
October 30, 2019, 10:06 pm
Chief medical examiner pushes back against Epstein murder claims
Barbara Sampson says she stands ‘firmly’ behind her findings in August autopsy report after pathologist hired by financier’s brother claims injuries point to foul play
By Michael R. Sisak
Illustrative photo of a gallows (raw206; iStock by Getty Images)
January 30, 2019, 10:38 am
Iranian man publicly hanged over charges of gay sex, abduction of boys
31-year-old executed in south of country, local citizenry said to ‘express satisfaction’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)
January 10, 2018, 3:14 pm
New Iran drug law saves thousands from the noose
Most convicted drug traffickers will see death sentences commuted to jail terms of 25 to 30 years
By AFP
Radical Islamists in Egypt dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious state. The headband reads: 'No God but God and Mohammed is his messenger.' (AP/Amr Nabil)
December 26, 2017, 1:04 pm
Egypt hangs 15 over attacks on security forces in Sinai Peninsula
Largest mass execution in Egypt since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015
By AFP
Iraqi Kurdish security forces escort a suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested the previous day during clashes in the southern suburbs of Kirkuk, October 22, 2016. (AFP/Marwan IBRAHIM)
December 14, 2017, 4:11 pm
Iraq hangs 38 members of Islamic State, al-Qaeda for terrorism
Executions carried out at Nasiriyah prison in the presence of Justice Minister Haidar al-Zameli
By AFP
File: Iraqi federal policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June. 11, 2014. (AP/Karim Kadim)
September 25, 2017, 8:01 pm
Iraq hangs 42 prisoners on death row
Amnesty International ranks Iraq just after China, Iran and Saudi Arabia in number of executions annually
By AFP
Olga Borisov with son Alon, whom she killed in 2008. (YouTube screenshot, Channel 1 TV)
March 8, 2017, 4:05 pm
Woman who drowned her 4-year-old son hangs herself
Former husband blames authorities for not giving Olga Borisov treatment when she needed it
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of an execution in Iran. (AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)
August 4, 2016, 4:41 pm
Iran executes 20 Sunni ‘terrorists’ in single day
State media says all were accused of carrying out attacks on civilians, religious leaders in western Kurdish region
By Ali Noorani
Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)
March 22, 2016, 2:46 am
Mossad said to ask US to help retrieve spy’s remains from Syria
Widow of Eli Cohen says former spy agency chief Meir Dagan, who died last week, was coordinating with Washington even after civil war broke out
By Marissa Newman
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