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06 August 2026 GENEVA – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to end the escalating arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and arbitrary executions of ethnic minorities, particularly Kurdish and Baluch minorities. “Iran’s ethnic minorities must be able to live in safety and dignity, free from discrimination,” the experts said. Since the start of the protests in December 2025, authorities have reportedly detained thousands of individuals, subjecting many to torture and other ill-treatment aimed at extracting confessions. In many cases, the persons deprived of liberty in this context have been subjected to enforced disappearance. “Reports point to a…
The United Nations News | August 5, 2026 The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began in late February, warning that capital punishment is being used to intimidate the population and suppress dissent. “I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement, urging Iranian authorities to urgently halt all…
By Reuters | July 22, 2026 DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on charges linked to nationwide protests in January, an opposition group and the Iranian judiciary’s official Mizan news agency reported on Wednesday. Mizan identified the man as Mehdi Khaneki and said he was executed for “operational actions” that benefited Israel, the United States and hostile groups, and for what it called crimes during the January protests. It said he also produced and possessed weapons. The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here. The Paris-based National Council…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL | 8 July 2026 On the six-month anniversary of the January 2026 popular uprising in Iran when security forces carried out mass unlawful killings on an unprecedented scale to crush protests calling for dignity, freedom and an end to the Islamic Republic system, killing thousands of protesters and bystanders between 8-9 January 2026, Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “Six months after Iran’s security forces unlawfully killed thousands of men, women and children across the country over a two-day period, the international community’s failure to take meaningful action to pursue international justice is indefensible. It helps perpetuate the cycle of deadly repression in which survivors and victims’ families are denied justice, and…
New York Post | By Ronny Reyes | July 1, 2026 Iran has threatened to seize Tehran’s historic St. Peter Evangelical Church and evict the 20 families who call the temple their home, according to multiple reports. The move against the church, which has already had part of its property taken by the regime, appears to be in direct retaliation over the war with the US and Israel, said Sasan Tavassoli, an Iranian Presbyterian pastor in the US with direct contacts at St. Peter. “I will tell you the literal words they used, ‘We were concerned about America all these…
CBS NEWS | Emily Mae Czachor | May 18, 2026 The use of the death penalty skyrocketed last year, with documented executions reaching a worldwide high not seen since 1981, a new report found. A majority of the increase came from Iran, where the annual execution rate doubled, according to the report by human rights organization Amnesty International. At least 2,707 people were executed globally in 2025, the report said, although it acknowledged the overall count was likely much higher. Amnesty International said thousands of additional executions are believed to have taken place in China, but any concrete information about…
France Presse | May 17, 2026 Iran put to death over 2,150 people last year, a “staggering” increase that pushed recorded worldwide executions to their highest level since 1981, Amnesty International said Monday. Amnesty said it had confirmed the executions of at least 2,707 people globally in 2025. Of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, a figure more than double that of 2024, Amnesty said. But the UK-based rights group said that, as in previous years, its total “does not include the thousands of executions” that it believed were carried out in China, the world’s most prolific user of…
Politics Home | April 17, 2026 As conflict and instability intensify, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, sets out a proposed path from regime collapse to elections, and insists the country rejects both theocracy and monarchy as competing forms of dictatorship. No country in the past 5 decades has been the source of crisis and tension in the region and the world as much as Iran. What is the reason, and what is the solution? Maryam Rajavi (MR): The religious dictatorship in Iran does not belong to the twenty-first century. It is a medieval regime that…
Guardian | 7 May 2026 Families pressured to stay silent, with at least 24 executions reportedly taking place since March amid internet blackout Iran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families, according to rights groups and sources close to the relatives of the dead. Many families only learn of executions after they have been carried out, with some facing harassment and pressure not to speak publicly on the personal impact of the state killings, the sources say. In the latest reported surge, Iran…
Paris (France) 24 Issued on: 20/04/2026 Paris (France) (AFP) – Iran on Monday executed two members of opposition group the People’s Mujahedin (MEK) who were convicted of spying for Israel, with the judiciary chief warning of “no leniency”. Mohammad Masoom Shahi, 38 and also known as Nima, and Hamed Validi, 45, were put to death at dawn in Karaj prison outside Tehran, the MEK’s political wing the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said in a statement. They were both members of the MEK, which is banned in Iran, it added. The hangings were the latest of detainees regarded as political…