(Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Iran — already notorious for its high rate of executions — has ramped up its use of the death ...

Iran executed 853 people in 2023 – the highest number on record since 2015, according to a new report in Amnesty ...

It is a staggering 48 percent increase on the previous year and 56 percent of the executions were drug-related, the report ...

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed ...

Close to midnight on April 13, hundreds of military drones were launched from both Iran and Iraq toward Israel. Subsequently, ...

Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amnesty International on Thursday reported that at least 853 people were executed across Iran in ...

Concerns are growing as thousands are potentially facing the death penalty, with many either awaiting execution or under ...

Lawyers accuse Tehran of abusing 'national security and counter-terrorism laws' against news organization to intimidate and ...

Iran executed 853 people in 2023 — the highest number on record since 2015, according to a report in Amnesty International. The surge in executions comes as Iran continues what Amnesty calls a ...