Execution

Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel's Mossad

Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with the Israeli intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.

An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.
A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014.

Iran says two Islamic State‑linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing

Iranian Basiji men carry a hanging noose attached to a banner that reads "the Execution Verdict of Netanyahu and Other Zionist Regime Leaders Must be Issued" during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2026.

Iran disputes claim that Trump stopped over 800 executions, say none were scheduled - report

A woman is holding a sign with the portrait of a man condemned to death by hanging and the slogan No to Execution in Paris in France on January 18, 2026

Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says


Who are the innocent Iranians silenced by the regime? - editorial

Human rights groups estimate that more than 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025 alone.

L-R: Khosro Alikordi, Bita Shafiei, runners from the  Kish Island marathon, Bita and her mother.

Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother

Vahid Razavi, a member of the Vadi family, told the dissident media site that Rouzbeh Vadi was detained a year and a half ago after a dispute at work.

An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iran spares child bride from death penalty after she pays off family of dead abuser

Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10bn tomans in a diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being put to death by the Islamic regime.

 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.

Daughter of executed software engineer calls for the UN to establish 'ZAKA for Iran'

Gazelle Sharmahd, whose father, Jamshid Sharmahd, was executed by the Iranian regime in 2024, issued a public plea to the UN after her father's body was returned with multiple parts missing.

A demonstrator holds a picture of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd , who has been sentenced to death in Iran, with his daughter Gazelle Sharmahd during a demonstration for his release in front of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin on July 31, 2023.

Spectator execution: Teenage boy shoots his family's murderer in front of crowds in Afghanistan

A 13-year-old boy shot the man who had slaughtered 13 of his relatives three times.

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

Iranian authorities publicly execute man who raped pregnant woman, her friend at knifepoint

The unnamed man was killed in the town of Bastam following a guilty verdict by the Supreme Court.

The first mural, featuring Mahsa Amini and other martyrs, was a bold declaration of solidarity with the women of Iran.

Houthi court sentences 17 to death for alleged espionage for Israel, US, Saudi Arabia

Seventeen people were sentenced to death by a Houthi court over accusations of providing intelligence to foreign powers including Israel and the US.

A child gestures with a mock weapon as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 8, 2025; illustrative.

Doctors instructed not to participate in executing terrorists by Israeli Medical Association

The Israeli Medical Association argued that professional codes prohibit the participation of doctors in executions.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a Knesset committee meeting on advancing the death penalty for terrorists bill, November 19, 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.