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Iran Executes Three Over January Protests as Death-Penalty Wave Intensifies

Rights groups say wartime security courts are accelerating executions.

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Final Appeal

UN Reports 21 Executions and 4,000+ Arrests in Iran Since War Began

Iran Sentences Four Protesters to Death, Including First Woman

Iran Executes Two Men Linked to Banned MEK Over Tehran Attacks

Iran Executes 18-Year-Old Protester as Watchdogs Warn More Imminent Killings

Supreme Court Signals Support for Death Row Inmate in Mississippi Jury Bias Case

Iran Executes Two Men Over Alleged MEK Links

Iran Publicly Hangs Three Tied to January Protests, Including 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Iran Hangs Three Tied to January Unrest, Including 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Alabama Sets March 12 Nitrogen Execution for 75-Year-Old Who Didn’t Fire Fatal Shot

Florida Executes Billy Leon Kearse for 1991 Killing of Fort Pierce Officer

UN Rights Chief Urges Iran to Halt Executions Tied to Protest Crackdown

Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Killing After Supreme Court Denies Stay

Student Protests Renew at Tehran Campuses as Clashes and Crackdowns Mount

Iran Accused of Fast-Tracking Protester Executions as Rights Groups Warn Dozens Face Death

India’s Supreme Court Confirms No Death Sentences for Third Year as Study Flags Trial-Level Failures

Iran Releases Protester Erfan Soltani on Bail After Execution Fears

Texas Executes Charles Victor Thompson in First U.S. Execution of 2026