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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Iran executions

Placards with photos of Iranian Nika Shakarami (R) and Donya Farhadi, both believed to be victims of the Iranian security forces, are seen on a fence during a rally against executions in Iran outside the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 31, 2024 (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 10:54 am
Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation,’ rights groups say
Report says 17% increase over 2023; watchdog director says spike seen in last 3 months of year came ‘as the threat of war between Iran and Israel escalated’
By AFP
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
Portraits of victims are displayed by representatives in France of the People's Mujahedin of Iran on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on October 29, 2019 to commemorate the executions of thousands of Iranian political prisoners in 1988. (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP)
January 18, 2025, 3:01 pm
Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran’s capital tied to 1988 mass executions
Assailant said to kill himself after attack at high-security Palace of Justice in Tehran; bodyguard also wounded
By AP
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: Women share an umbrella as they stand at Enghelab Square in Iran's capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 13, 2024, 10:24 am
Iran holds public execution of serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases
Mohammad Ali Salamat hanged in Hamedan after being accused of raping dozens of women over 20 years
By AP
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter affiliated with the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) stands guard on a building following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye (Koysinjaq), 100Km east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on October 1, 2022. (Safin Hamid/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
Iran claims to have killed member of separatist group with ties to Israel
State media outlets reports two other people arrested after infiltrating from Iraqi Kurdistan with plan to cause ‘riots, terror and insecurity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
August 7, 2024, 10:26 pm
Iran executes dozens, day after hanging protester over killing of IRGC agent
26 people reportedly killed in one group execution, in move without comparable example since 2009; rights group says Iran has executed at least 345 people this year
By Stuart Williams
Iranians protest 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP/ File)
August 6, 2024, 4:19 pm
Iran executes man accused of killing security officer during Mahsa Amini protests
Reza Rasaei, 34, hanged for murder of Revolutionary Guard agent during 2022’s ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests; Amnesty International says his confession was obtained by torture
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Kerman, Iran, January 5, 2024 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
May 20, 2024, 10:26 am
Ebrahim Raisi, 63, ‘Butcher of Tehran’ and Khamenei protégé who died in chopper crash
Potential successor to supreme leader oversaw wave of executions in 1988; as president, he led bloody repression of Mahsa Amini protests in 2022, missile attack on Israel in April
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, 20, an Iranian Jew executed in November 2024 (Iran Human Rights)
May 19, 2024, 1:40 pm
Jewish Iranian sentenced to death for murder receives last-minute stay of execution
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani was allegedly defending himself against knife attack when he killed Amir Shokri in brawl; international rights groups working to have sentenced commuted
By ToI Staff
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, 20, an Iranian Jew executed in November 2024 (Iran Human Rights)
May 18, 2024, 12:39 pm
Jewish Iranian set to be executed Monday for allegedly killing man in self-defense
Opposition site says Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani was defending himself against knife attack when he killed Amir Shokri in brawl; victim’s family can spare him, but refused to do so
By ToI Staff
This composite image shows an Iranian military workshop before (left, October 11, 2022) and after (right, February 3, 2023) a drone strike in Isfahan, Iran. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 3, 2024, 10:08 pm
Iran claims it executed Mossad ‘terrorist’ for drone attack on Isfahan arms facility
State TV says supposed spy ‘planned to explode the workshop complex of the Ministry of Defense’ in January 2023 strike blamed on Israel; details of execution not released
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iran's domestically built missiles and satellite carriers are displayed in a permanent exhibition at a recreational area in northern Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 29, 2024, 8:45 am
Iran executes four accused of plotting to blow up missile plant for Mossad
Tehran claims defendants were sent to Africa for training, crossed over from Iraqi Kurdistan to bomb military site in Isfahan, in operation overseen by spy chief David Barnea
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
January 25, 2024, 5:38 pm
Iranian dissidents launch hunger strike to protest spike in executions
Activists, led by imprisoned 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, say wave of hangings include participant in 2022 protests who had mental health issues
By AFP
Undated photo of Iranian Mohammad Ghobadlou, who was executed on January 23, 2024 after being convicted of killing a policeman during anti-regime riots. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 23, 2024, 2:13 pm
Iran executes man, 23, for killing Tehran policeman during 2022 protests
Execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou is eighth carried out by Iran’s judiciary over nationwide chaos sparked by death of Mahsa Amini
By AFP and AP
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