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Iran executes over 500 people in 2026: rights group

FARNCE24        |      August 27,2026

Paris (France) (AFP) – Iran has executed over 500 people so far this year after a new surge in hangings in recent days, despite President Donald Trump urging the Islamic republic to halt executions, a rights group said on Thursday.

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Sharp spike in executions, death sentences in Iran

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.

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Iran executes man over January protests, judiciary’s news agency says

By Reuter     |     
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
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U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group

U.K. authorities have linked the IRGC and its proxies to a wave of violent plots on British soil

    The Washington Post    |    By Greg Miller    |    July 13, 2026

The United Kingdom will declare Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group and place sanctions on the elite paramilitary organization that is expanding control of the country.

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Iran: Lack of international justice six months after January protest massacres risks further atrocity crimes

  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 … Continue Reading

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