•Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran today hanged a man convicted of spying for its arch enemy Israel, the judiciary said, the latest such execution on espionage charges in a trend that has troubled rights groups. Ali Ardestani had been convicted of sharing information with Israel’s spy agency Mossad and receiving money in ...
•Iranian flag Iran has put to death a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest execution since a 12-day June war between the archenemies, the judiciary’s press agency announced today. “The death sentence for Aghil Keshavarz, found guilty of spying for the Zionist regime, communicating and cooperating with the regime, and taking photographs...
•Public execution in Iran At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said today, decrying “a systematic pattern of using death penalty as a tool of state intimidation”. “In July alone, Iranian authorities executed 110 individuals. This represents more than double the number of people executed […]...
Iranian authorities executed three men in the north of the country today after they were sentenced to death for rape, the judiciary said. “The death sentences of three men convicted of rape were carried out this morning in the prison of the northern city of Gorgan,” local judiciary chief Heydar Asiabi was quoted as saying […]
•Iran Flag Iran’s judiciary announced today that it executed a man found guilty of spying for Israel, as fighting between the two countries entered its 11th day. “Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh was hanged this morning for intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime,” the judiciary said, using Iran’s term for Israel. Shayesteh was alleged...
•Iranian flag Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, the judiciary said today. “After identification, arrest, and judicial proceedings against Pedram Madani, who was spying in favour of the Zionist regime, and following the complete process of criminal procedure and the final confirmation and uphold...
•Death sentence by hanging Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced today. The Iranians were put to death in Dammam, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast, for having “clandestinely introduced hashish” into Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement published b...
•A hangman’s noose Saudi Arabia executed seven people yesterday, including five for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The deaths brought the total number of executions carried out this year in the Gulf kingdom to 236, according to our tally based on official statements, reports AFP. Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Azib, Ahmed ...

