Thursday, April 9, 2026

Iran Executes Two Linked To Opposition Group, Media Say

April 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday executed two men it said were convicted of links to an opposition group, and of carrying out armed attacks, domestic media reported. The executions were the latest in recent days of individuals with PMOI...

Iran Executes Man Arrested Over January Protests

DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) - A man convicted of participating in an attack on a classified military facility during January's protests in Iran was executed on Thursday, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said, after his appeal was rejected and the Supreme Court upheld...

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted of Attack on Government Building, Judiciary News Outlet Says

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of links to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and involvement in multiple attacks, including firing launcher weapons at a government building, the judiciary news outlet reported on Tuesday. On...

Iran Warns of Death Penalty, Asset Seizures for Spying, Aiding Enemies

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - People accused of spying or cooperating with "hostile states" could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a recently enhanced law, an Iranian judiciary spokesperson said, a month into...

Fearing Economic Collapse After War, Iran Cracks Down on Dissent

March 30 (Reuters) - A month into its war with the United States and Israel, Iran is trying to forestall any spark of domestic unrest with arrests, executions and massive street deployments by security forces and supporters, recruiting even children...

Iran Executes Two Men Linked to Opposition Group, Judiciary Outlet Reports

DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of links to opposition group People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and plotting armed attacks in Tehran using improvised launcher devices, its judiciary news outlet said on Monday. The news outlet...

Islamic Republic Has Gone Back to Seizing Assets of Iranians Living Abroad

By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic has resumed the practice of confiscating the assets of Iranians living abroad -- a practice that was a widespread tool of repression after the 1979 Revolution. The authorities...

Iran Says It Is Implementing Sentences Against Convicted January Protesters

DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) - The cases of individuals arrested over Iran's nationwide protests earlier this year have been processed, first deputy Chief of the Judiciary Hamzeh Khalili said on Monday, with cases given a final verdict...

Former Iranian Water Polo Player Soleimani Distraught Over Wrestler’s Execution

By Iain Axon March 20 (Reuters) - Reza Soleimani, a former Iranian water polo player, said he was devastated after learning that 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi had been executed for his alleged role in anti-government protests in Iran. Iran executed three...

Reza Pahlavi, Shirin Ebadi Plan Transitional Justice System for Iran

By Kayhan Life Staff Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last Shah and the country’s most recognizable opposition leader, is setting up a committee tasked with establishing a transitional justice system in a future...