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Iranian Woman, 20, Sentenced to Hang After Guards Allegedly Threatened to Rape Her Sister to Force 'Confession'

Taraneh Rahimi, a young Iranian woman, faces execution after January protests. Human rights groups say her trial lacked evidence, exposing broader issues in Iran's judicial system.

International Business Times UK

Iran secretly executes four as it hits global death sentence record

Four more men, including two Kurdish political activists, were put to death in secret this week without informing their families, as Amnesty International recorded 2,159 executions in Iran last year — the highest of any country.

Euronews

Iran executes 21-year-old karate champion as UN warns of death penalty surge

Tehran executed 21-year-old karate athlete Sassan Azadvar early Thursday after protest arrest, as UN and rights groups warn of a surge in executions and mass detentions since the start of the Iran war.

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Iran executes former atomic agency employee amid Mossad spy claims

Iran executes former atomic energy employee Mehdi Farid for alleged Mossad links as rights groups decry opaque trial, coerced confessions and media blackout.

Euronews

'Misled once again by fake news': Iran denies Trump's claim of 8 women protestors at risk of execution

Iran's judiciary has dismissed reports that eight women detained during recent protests face execution, stating some have been released and others face imprisonment. This comes after US President Donald Trump urged Tehran to release the detainees, citing claims that at least one woman was sentenced to death and another faces…

The Times of India

Is Donald Trump Lying? Iran's Foreign Minister Says 'We Never Asked for a Ceasefire' After Trump Says They Want a Deal

Iran denies requesting a ceasefire, contradicting Donald Trump's claims, as the Middle East conflict continues and global tensions rise.

International Business Times UK

Civilian deaths in Iran pass 700 amid fear of bombs and regime clampdown

As US-Israeli airstrikes hit their cities, people tell of how the authorities are warning them off the streets

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Iranian protester Erfan Soltani reportedly released on bail after execution threat

Soltani was most recently being held at the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison

The Independent UK

Teenager among Iranian protesters sexually assaulted in custody, rights group says

Two people detained in Kermanshah, including 16-year-old, tell group they were subjected to sexual abuse during arrest

The Guardian - UK

Iran’s exiled crown prince says ‘the slaughter of protesters has not stopped’ in fresh appeal to Trump

The recent protests are some of the biggest Iran has witnessed since the 1979 Islamic Revolution

The Independent UK

Reprieve for Iranian protester Erfan Soltani facing execution

Human rights campaigners have expressed concerns, however, that the death penalty may only have been postponed

The Independent UK

'I beg you, don't let him be executed': Iranian protester's family urge Trump to save his life

Erfan Soltani, 26, was expected to be hanged on Wednesday following his arrest in connection with demonstrations in the city of Karaj

Evening Standard

Iran protests: what we know so far about the spiralling anti-government demonstrations

Protests began over the fall in value of the currency have grown into wider demonstrations and calls for the fall of Iran’s clerical establishment

The Guardian - AU

Iranian airspace reopens – as it happened

US president says ‘important sources’ told him executions are not going ahead. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

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Radio France Internationale

France's Iranian diaspora divided over deadly protests back home

In France, divisions within the Iranian diaspora over events unfolding in their country of origin look set to deepen further, sharpened by the way people consume information, particularly Persian-language satellite television channels and social media.

International Business Times

Businesses On Strike In Western Iran After Kurds Executed: Activists

Businesses and shops in several cities in Kurdish-populated western Iran shut down Tuesday in a general strike protesting the hanging a day earlier of four Kurds convicted of collaborating with Israel, activists said.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian teenager dies after alleged hijab encounter with officers, reports say

Armita Geravand, 16, fell into coma on 1 October and was pronounced brain-dead last week

The Guardian - UK

Iran urged to release full CCTV of what led to teenage girl’s coma

Armita Geravand, 16, remains in hospital after alleged encounter with hijab enforcer on Tehran metro

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Evening Standard

Girl, 16, beaten into coma by Iran’s hijab police, claim campaigners

A teenager is allegedly fighting for her life in hospital after being beaten by Iran’s morality police for not wearing a hijab.

Al Jazeera

Iran cracks down on protests on Mahsa Amini’s death annivesary

Iranian authorities prevented Mahsa Amini’s family from commemorating anniversary of her death, rights groups say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rights Groups: Iran Executes 7 Kurds, Including 'Political Prisoner'

Iran on Friday hanged a Kurdish man viewed as a political prisoner by activists, rights groups said, amplifying alarm over the soaring number of executions in the country this year. Mohayyedin Ebrahimi, 43, was hanged at dawn at Urmia prison in northwestern Iran, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Admits Executing Political Prisoner Amid Condemnations by Human Rights Organizations

London, Tehran: Iran on Wednesday secretly executed a political prisoner who had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2018 and of being a member of an opposition Kurdish party, rights groups revealed. This came two days after activists reported the execution of another political prisoner. On Thursday, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests Erupt in Tehran's Bazaar

Protesters in Tehran's bazaar have chanted slogans denouncing the regime amid tight security measures on the 107th day of public protests in Iran. Online account "1,500 Tasvir," which closely follows the Iranian protests, published a video showing a state of panic in the bazaar and chants of "death to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Killed at Memorial for Slain Protesters

Iran's security forces fired on a crowd in the Kurdish-populated west on Saturday, killing a 22-year-old, a rights group said, more than 100 days after the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests. The country has been rocked by demonstrations since Amini died in custody on September 16…

The Guardian - UK

Iran enters ‘critical’ phase as it tries to quash anti-regime protests

Activists accuse state forces of deploying heavy weaponry, as attacks on Kurdish areas intensify

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