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Iran executed a record 1,500 people in 2025: rights group

The Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said that the NGO 'has never seen' such numbers of those executed, calling the figure 'unprecedented'.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2026
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Rights groups slam Saudi execution of journalist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 June, 2025
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Iran executes man convicted of killing police officer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2025
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Iran executed over 30 women in 2024 amid punishment surge

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2025
A supporter holds a placard bearing a portrait of French teacher Cecile Kohler, detained along with her partner Jacques Paris in Iran, during a rally in their support in Paris on May 14, 2023. (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iran says French couple imprisoned since 2022 'in good health'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 November, 2024
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Iraq hangs 21 mostly on 'terror' charges: security sources

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 September, 2024
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Iraqi justice ministry denies allegations of 'secret executions'

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16 July, 2024
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Concerns grow as officials speak of Iraq's secret executions

Dana Taib Menmy
15 July, 2024
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Iran sentences woman labour activist to death: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 July, 2024
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Iran overturns the death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 June, 2024
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64 face death penalty in Saudi Arabia: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2023
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Saudi Arabia executes 5, including 1 Egyptian, for terrorism

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 July, 2023
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2022 was record year for executions: Amnesty International

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2023
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Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 May, 2023
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Israel death penalty bill robs Palestinians of right to life

Adi Mansour

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17 April, 2023
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Iran 2022 executions surged by 75% in bid to 'spread fear'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 April, 2023
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Iran saw 'surge' in drug-related executions in 2022: report

The New Arab Staff
17 March, 2023
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Iran upholds death sentence for Swedish-Iranian dissident

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2023
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Saudi executes two men amid death penalty spike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 March, 2023
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Iran executed 'more than 50 people' so far this year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2023
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Iran karateka given '15 minutes' to plead before execution

The New Arab Staff
19 January, 2023