Niki Nikbakht comes from a close-knit family. Her two elder brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, are just two out of dozens of ...

Human rights office finds extrajudicial punishments carried out during war include 'executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking ...

Iran has executed 14 individuals in recent weeks, with the hangings continuing unabated regardless the US-Israeli military campaign against the country.The Iranian authorities launched a new wave of ...

During the First World War, some soldiers faced a grim fate far from the front lines — execution by firing squad. Accused of desertion or cowardice, they were often shot at dawn as a warning to others ...

While the total executions carried out in Iran increased to a record number last year, executions performed by the Islamic Republic have been on an "alarming surge" since the U.S.-Israeli war with ...

Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said on April 13, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hamas militants and police units in Gaza beat, maimed and publicly executed dozens of Palestinians during its war with Israel in acts amounting to war crimes, according to a ...