Executions

Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That’s a 30 per cent increase from the same period in…

An Iranian-born model has left the internet divided after wearing a dress that resembled a noose.Mahlagha Jaberi, 33, said she wore the dress to the 76th Cannes Film Festival to "make a statement" and to draw awareness to the…

They beat prisoners relentlessly and tortured them with electric shocks, waterboarding and mock executions. Three people died in their custody. Yet such was their sense of impunity, the Russians who seized control of a detention center in…

Thousands took to the streets in Vancouver, across the country and around the world to demonstrate against the Islamic Republic of Iran, outraged by the execution of three protesters. Anti-regime rallies have been calling for an end…

Members of Winnipeg’s Iranian community held a rally at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday protesting the recent surge in executions in the country. The United Nations reports the Iranian government has executed at least…

Two men, both 23, Majid Reza Rahnavard and Mohsen Shekari, were hanged in December after they were charged with “moharebe,” a broad term that means waging a war on God, in connection with the large uprisings led by women and girls that…

Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year earlier, with a significant rise in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said in an annual report Tuesday that also criticized Indonesia as having one of the highest numbers…

Issued on: 16/05/2023 - 09:06 Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest level since 2017, according to an Amnesty International report published on…

Issued on: 08/05/2023 - 21:14 Paris (AFP) – Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social media, prompting US condemnation and accusations…

DUBAI: Iran hanged two men Monday convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest.Iran remains one of the world's top…