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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.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
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

Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi criticizes Miriam Adelson's claims, calls for diplomacy in US-Iran talks, and warns of military retaliation if negotiations fail.

|ByJAMES GENN
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

The HRANA report comes as the Islamic Republic has been carrying out an increasing number of executions.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

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.

|ByREUTERS

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.

Iran hangs two men for crimes of blasphemy, insulting Islam

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed for crimes of blasphemy, insulting Islam and other sanctities.

MAY 8, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protesters hold up a placard reading 'Stop Execution in Iran' as they take part in a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in front of the Victory Column (Siegessaeule) in Berlin on October 22, 2022.

Iran raised execution numbers drastically in 2022 to hold onto power - report

At least 582 people were executed, including four for allegedly spying for Israel, in 2022

APRIL 15, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Russia allegedly shoots POW, Ukraine investigates

Ukraine is investigating an allegation that Russia shot an unarmed prisoner of war.

MARCH 7, 2023ByREUTERS
A Ukrainian soldier sprints away from a contact zone

Capital punishment for terrorists: Theoretically defensible but not wise - opinion

Throughout Israel's history, only one person has ever been executed by the Israeli judicial system - Adolf Eichmann.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023ByERIC S. SHERBY
SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally to celebrate the shooting attack at the Ilka Bar in Tel Aviv, in the southern Gaza Strip, last April

Iran wrestler defects to avoid death penalty for supporting revolt

Mohammad Namjoo-Motlagh: 'I will remain their voice until Iran is freed from oppression'

FEBRUARY 5, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Vigil held for Navid Afkari, a wrestler killed by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Canada

Executions are a sign of Iranian regime's fear - Opinion

The Iranian Regime is executing people in a desperate attempt to maintain control.

JANUARY 26, 2023BySALEM ALKETBI
Focus on Iran, the Iranian flag in crosshairs (Illustrative).

Iranian human rights violations ignore Koran, are blasphemy to Islam - opinion

The Iranian government casually ignores the Koran’s teaching, which is tantamount to blasphemy in brazen defiance of Islam’s teachings.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByALON BEN-MEIR
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran, last week.

Letters to the Editor January 16, 2023: Leave their cocoons

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters