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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 demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)
April 13, 2026, 9:51 am
Iran executed over 1,600 people in 2025, most since 1989, rights groups say
Tehran put 4 to 5 people to death daily throughout last year, data shows; if regime survives war, IHR says ‘serious risk that executions will be used even more extensively’
By AFP
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
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
March 30, 2026, 5:12 pm
Iran hangs two political prisoners from opposition group, activists say
Members of the outlawed MEK group hanged at Gehzel Hesar prison outside of Tehran; rights organizations fear a surge in executions during war
By Stuart Williams
Iranians walk past a billboard showing Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with anti-US rhetoric in Tehran on January 27, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
January 30, 2026, 8:49 pm
Iran targets injured at hospitals in crackdown on protesters
Rights groups say authorities have raided medical centers searching for people with wounds suggesting involvement in demonstrations; WHO says at least 5 doctors detained
By AFP and AP
In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
January 21, 2026, 11:36 pm
First official death toll of recent Iran protests 3,117, state TV says
US-based activist group says it has recorded over 4,560 deaths after weeks of mass demonstrations rocked the Islamic Republic
By Jon Gambrell
Hali Norei shows a picture of her 23-year-old niece Robina Aminian as she gives an interview alongside her partner Nezar Minoei, in Oslo, Norway, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Bjornar Verpeide)
January 17, 2026, 11:48 am
Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside
Friends of Robina Aminian, 23, told family she was shot in back of the head at close range during Tehran rally; mother ‘looked through so many beautiful faces’ before finding her
By Sarah El Deeb and Julia Frankel
This frame grab from videos taken between January 9 and January 11, 2026, and circulating on social media purportedly shows images from a morgue with dozens of bodies and mourners after crackdown on the outskirts of Iran's capital, in Kahrizak, Tehran Province. (UGC via AP)
January 13, 2026, 3:17 pm
Iranian authorities say some 2,000 people killed in protests, as news trickles out
Opposition-aligned site claims 12,000 killed, far higher than any NGO or state estimates; Tehran defends internet block, as Germany’s Merz predicts regime in ‘last days and weeks’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A noose with mock flowers next to portrait placards of people executed by the government of Iran, displayed during a demonstration against capital punishment in Iran, in central Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. (Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
December 17, 2025, 9:26 pm
Athlete on Iranian death row at ‘imminent’ risk of execution, rights groups warn
Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani, a 30-year-old professional boxer, is in line for death penalty after 2020 capital conviction for involvement in protests
By AFP
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian women's rights campaigner imprisoned by Iran who won the Nobel Peace Prize, on October 6, 2023. (AFP/ Narges Mohammadi Foundation/ File)
December 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
Iran ‘violently’ arrested Nobel-prize winning activist Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
Activist, on leave from prison, detained at memorial for lawyer whose death NGO says ‘had very serious suspicion of state murder’; footage shows her addressing mourners without headscarf
By AFP
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
June 22, 2025, 10:21 pm
Iran says man accused of spying for Israel executed
Hanging of Majid Mosayebi comes among arrests of dozens on charges of carrying out acts of espionage since start of Israel’s bombing campaign on June 13
By AFP
Afghan refugees wait for registration after their deportation from Iran, at a registration center near the Afghanistan-Iran border in the Islam Qala district of Herat province, Sep. 12, 2024. (Mohsen KARIMI / AFP)
September 25, 2024, 11:42 am
Driven out of Iran, Afghan refugees tell of government-led persecution, torture
Having fled decades of war and unemployment, refugees are now blamed for soaring crime and prices, with authorities vowing to expel them and punish those who help them
By Pascale TROUILLAUD and Qubad Wali
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
A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 21, 2024, 2:01 pm
Iran morality police redouble crackdown on women amid tensions with Israel
Videos shared on social media purportedly show dreaded unit enforcing hijab rules deploying in force, sweeping women off the streets and into notorious vans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images)
October 1, 2023, 12:20 am
Dozens arrested in Iran in demonstration commemorating ‘Bloody Friday’ anniversary
Protests take place for second straight day in memory of 104 people killed in 2022 rallies, which were sparked by death of Mahsa Amini and reported rape of girl by police officer
By Stuart Williams
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