Death penalty

‘Last Breath’: The campaign giving Iran’s condemned a face and a name

This year, more than 950 people have been executed in Iran, including at least 29 people arrested in connection with January’s protests. Months later, scores are still at risk of execution.

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.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 31, 2025.

'Blow to Israel's security': Ben-Gvir slams High Court directive allowing Nukhba terrorists visits

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Egyptian broadcaster and influencer sentenced to death after gang, drug convictions

Former police officer Ha Minh Duc (L) and Nguyen Van Hung (2nd R) are seen during a hearing at the People's Court in Hanoi on July 1, 2025. A Vietnam court sentenced 11 people to death on July 2, including two police officers, after finding them guilty of trafficking drugs over the border from Laos.

Vietnam court sentences 11 to death in major drug trafficking case, state media reports


Never again: Executing Hamas terrorists best way for Israel to prevent future kidnappings - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: It is time to have a public debate on the issue of hostage and prisoner exchanges before Hamas can seize any more.

Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel in a swap for hostages and a ceasefire last month. The release of over 2,000 terrorists, including hardened and experienced Palestinian mass murderers, will incentivize future kidnappings, the writer argues.

Ben-Gvir celebrates as death penalty for terrorists bill clears first legislative hurdle

The Knesset has advanced the death penalty for terrorists bill, proposed by Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a 39-16 vote. The bill will now return to committees for further discussion before becoming law.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.

Iran carries out highest level of prisoner executions in past two decades in Oct., watchdog says

Out of the eight political prisoners Iran executed during October, Hengaw identified seven as being sentenced on charges of espionage for Israel.

Activists protest against Iranian executions in Rome, Italy, July 30, 2025.

Child bride forced to pay abusive husband's family blood money or Iran will execute her

Forced to marry at 12 years old, sources told IranWire her husband began physically and emotionally abusing her after she refused to become pregnant a second time.

 MEMBERS OF the Iranian diaspora in Europe take part in a rally in Brussels last September, marking the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

Netanyahu backs Ben-Gvir's death penalty for terrorists law, Hirsch tells Knesset

The statements came during Ben-Gvir’s discussion and vote to advance the death penalty for terrorists bill ahead of its first reading in the plenum.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir pushes for a bill to see terrorists receive the death penalty.

Ben-Gvir gives three-week deadline to advance death penalty for terrorists

“I announce here officially that we demand the first law to be advanced in the current Knesset session be the death penalty for terrorists law,” he said.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, September 15, 2025.

Ben-Gvir pushes terrorist death penalty bill despite PMO warnings it could endanger hostage deal

Despite objections from officials and hostage families, the Knesset panel pushed forward a bill Ben-Gvir says is key to deterrence against terrorism.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on September 28, 2025.

Over 1,000 people executed by Islamic regime over past nine months, human rights org. claims

The number of executions has reportedly reached a three-decade peak, with 64 executions over the past week alone. 

A person holds an umbrella with a sign that reads: "Free Iran" as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, June 21, 2025.

Suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination formally charged with murder, faces death penalty

Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray said that his office had filed seven counts against Robinson in all.

A police mugshot shows Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of US conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S., in this photo released by the Utah Department of Public Safety on September 12, 2025.

Trump cites Ukrainian woman's murder in push for broad crime crackdown

Donald Trump intensified his commitment to reducing violent crime rates across the United States after the North Carolina train stabbing.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 8, 2025