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In bid to relieve international pressure, Islamic regime frees 139 Iranians sentenced to death

"They free a few hundred in every celebration, every festival, and it seems from outside that they are a kind and democratic and merciful regime…but they are taking hostages," said Sabti.

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People take part in a protest ahead of an expected signing of an agreement to end the U.S.-Iran conflict, according to U.S. and Pakistani leaders, in Tehran, Iran, in this still image obtained from a social media video released on June 13, 2026.
Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Gov’t allocates over NIS 1 billion to prosecute October 7 terrorists in military tribunals

Lawmakers who sponsored the bill likened it to the Eichmann trials in 1961, which broadcast live and recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors throughout the world before the execution.

|ByKESHET NEEV
A view shows the outskirts of an Iranian Kurdish military facility north of Erbil, Iraq, on March 11, 2026, after it was struck by an Iranian drone.

Iran increases checkpoints in Kurdish region as minority group disproportionally executed

Recent events, including the January demonstrations that were violently suppressed by the regime, have also seen Iran’s Kurdish community disproportionately affected by state violence.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Demonstrators hold signs as they gather near the Francis Scott Key Bridge during rally in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran, in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2026.

Iran executes two men over January mosque arson amid trial outcry

Mehrdad Mohammadinia and Ashkan Maleki had allegedly been part of a group of demonstrators who targeted the Jafari Mosque in Tehran's Gisha neighborhood.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Saudi Arabia executes two military personnel for treason - SPA

The two officers were arrested in 2017 and sentenced to death on charges of treason and not protecting the national interest and military honor.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023ByREUTERS
Saudi security forces train in preparation for the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 3, 2022.

The execution that marked the end of Iraqi Jewry - opinion

Iraq’s most powerful and richest Jew, who had hosted the regent in his home and had no links to Israel or Zionism, could be indicted in a show trial and hanged, what future would there be for them?

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023ByLYN JULIUS
SHAFIQ ADES poses with his wife, Aliza, and some of their six children.

Iran says US should explain links to prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd

US envoy for Iran, Abram Paley, met on Friday with the family of Sharmahd, who was convicted of heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a deadly bombing in 2008.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByREUTERS
The first hearing of the case of Jamshid Sharmahd

Singapore executes woman for drug offense in a 20-year first 

Djamani was the second person to be executed in Singapore this week over a drug offense, as 57-year-old Mohd Aziz bin Hussain had been executed a few days prior.

JULY 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Drugs [illustrative]

Iran’s president: Homosexuality will end ‘generation of human beings’

The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed 4,000-6,000 gays and lesbians since 1979.

JULY 14, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a TV interview, in Tehran, Iran June 20, 2023.

UN says Iran must stop executions of protesters

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022 unleashed a wave of mass protests across Iran and since then several people have been hanged for participating in the unrest.

JULY 5, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranians hold flags during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

3 reasons why Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers shouldn't be executed - opinion

Robert Bowers was found guilty of murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue and is facing the death penalty. Here are three reasons why he shouldn't be executed

JUNE 22, 2023BySHIRA HOFFER
A CROWD attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week after the deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, in 2018.

Hamas sentences three men to death for 'collaboration' with Israel

Two of the defendants will be executed by hanging, while the third will face a firing squad.

MAY 24, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas militants grab a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel, before being executed in Gaza City August 22, 2014

Swiss envoy to Tehran summoned by Iranian Foreign Ministry after controversial tweet

The tweet had condemned Iran's recent executions of protestors, whom Iranian media described as "terrorists."

MAY 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Iran's anti-government protests renew after three executed - report

At least seven Iranians who took part in the protests last year have been executed by Iranian authorities.

MAY 21, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022.