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Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against executions, in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024

Iran responsible for majority of executions as 2024 marks deadliest year since 2015

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Oslofjord, Norway.

Remains of seven Norwegian resistance fighters executed in 1945 found in Oslofjord

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People protest against the killing of civilians and security forces linked to Syria's new rulers, following clashes between the forces loyal to the new administration and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, at Marjeh Square, in Damascus, Syria, March 9, 2025.

Al-Sharaa calls for a commission of inquiry into mass executions of Alawites

By Jude Taragin

A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

Iran moves political prisoner to solitary in preparation for execution over Israel ties, NGO says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Iran executes 29 prisoners in one day, rights groups report

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

A protester dons face paint and carries a mock noose to denounce recent executions by the Iranian regime during a march commemorating the 45th anniversary of the revolution in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2024.

Iran executes over 300 individuals in first seven months of 2024, 49 in July alone

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Sharifeh Mohammadi, from a post to Facebook.

'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death

By Maya Gur Arieh

Supporters of People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran protest outside Stockholm District Court on the first day of the trial of Hamid Noury, 60, accused of involvement in the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, Stockholm, Sweden August 10, 2021.

Sweden frees convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury in prisoner exchange deal

By REUTERS , Walla! , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranians chant during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024.

Iran supreme court rejects retrial for Jew facing imminent execution

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures during a meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023.

Ebrahim Raisi signaled Iranian revolution's demise

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony, in Tehran

IRGC, Khamenei representative pushing for execution of Iranian Jew - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

Iranian Jew’s execution reportedly delayed after prayer campaign by Jews around the world

By DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Iran’s regime postpones execution of young Iranian Jew

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

PROTESTERS IN support of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a banner reading ‘Woman Life Freedom,’ in Ottawa, 2022.

Iran's executions of artists highlights regime's stance on freedom of expression

By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Iranian executions up by 43% since last year, most unannounced

Palestinian women sit at the debris of a house destroyed in an air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019

Hamas celebrates UN call for probe into alleged IDF abuses of Palestinian women

(L-R) Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Iran executes four people it claims are linked to Israeli intelligence

By REUTERS