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Iran's Pezeshkian says republic won’t bow to external demands as domestic unrest resurfaces

Tehran's crackdown on protesters and minority groups has intensified as the regime faces mounting pressure both domestically and internationally.

IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September. Every time Washington issues sanctions without follow-through, Tehran learns that defiance pays, the writer argues.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, February 7, 2026; illustrative.

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope

An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

Iran executes at least 13 prisoners on Saturday morning as regime increases use of death penalty

An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

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


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.

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.

'With a smile,' Islamic regime judge hands 67-year-old death sentence after 'show' trial

Appearing before the court last week by video conference, Judge Ahmad Darvish was said to have delivered a verdict “with a smile” without proper process, Zahra Shahbaz Tabari's family told HRANA. 

Women with their hands and mouths painted in red participate in a protest against Iran's ruling theocracy following the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini demanding authorities to free thousands of detained protesters and to stop executions, outside Iran's embassy, in Mexico City, Mexi

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel amid anti-Mossad crackdown

The man was accused of transmitting information to Israeli websites and "intelligence collaboration."

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Iranian Defence Week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2025.

Iran executes seven over killings of IRGC officers, Muslim cleric

The IRGC's judiciary news agency reported that the men had ties to Israel.

Protesters burn makeshift Israeli and US flags during an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, judiciary's news outlet

The judiciary's news outlet named the defendant "Bahman Choubi-asl."

A man wears a noose around his neck as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organization," in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

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.

Iran executes ninth man in recent months accused of spying for Israel

Iran has put to death many individuals it accuses of having links with Israel's Mossad.

A noose is pictured as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organisation", in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.