Massive Hunger Strike in Iranian Prison Enters Third Week
- The watchdog group Iran Human Rights counted 459 public executions between 2008 and 2025, with the frequency increasing dramatically after 2010.
- Executions are often public events where authorities set up building cranes in city squares to hang convicts, a practice intended to spread fear and reinforce the Islamic Republic's policy of intimidation.
- In 2025, authorities carried out 11 executions in public spaces, with children among the spectators, "a practice intended to spread fear and reinforce the state's policy of intimidation."
- An Iranian judge banned public executions in 2008, but the "ban" functioned largely as public relations due to numerous exceptions that rendered it ineffective.
- Under Islamic law, crimes including adultery, apostasy, and insulting the prophet are punishable by death, while the regime allocates funds to mobilize those protecting its authority.
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While the Iranian regime is waging war against the US, it suppresses protests and has demonstrators executed. Nevertheless, some people resist – even on death row.
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ussanews.comMassive Hunger Strike in Iranian Prison Enters Third Week
More than 1,000 inmates on death row at Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran have entered their third week of a collective hunger strike protesting the regime’s use of capital punishment. Human rights monitors report that some participants have taken the extreme step of sewing their lips closed. The protest began on July 13 at the facility in Karaj after six prisoners were moved into solitary confinement in preparation for possible hangings. M…
‘Public executions are extremely rare’ in Iran, the New York Times claims, inaccurately
Maybe the Times Iran team is attempting to ingratiate itself in hopes of obtaining permission to make a minder-accompanied trip to the Islamic Republic to cover the eventual funeral of Mojtaba Khamenei. By Ira Stoll, The Washington Free Beacon The Associated Press says “Public executions are not uncommon in Iran.” The watchdog group Iran Human Rights counted 459 such executions between 2008 and 2025, frequently featuring large audiences, includi…
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