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Iran executes second man linked to anti-government protests

Majid Reza Rahnavard, was hanged in public in the northern city of Mashad after being sentenced to death for "war against God". The young man was accused of murdering two security officers and wounding four others, an episode to which he allegedly confessed.

World News

Iran: Anger boils over as authorities intensify crackdown

Iran was slapped with new sanctions on Friday by the European Union and Britain for having carried out its first known execution

Iran

France and Germany condemn Iran's first execution of protester

"The Iranian regime's inhumanity knows no bounds," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

Afghanistan

Taliban carry out first public execution since Afghanistan takeover

The executed man, identified as Tajmir from Herat province, was killed with three shots from an assault rifle by the victim's father.

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Russia

Russia rejects pullout from Ukraine as condition for talks

Russia said on Friday that Western demands stating it should pull out completely from Ukraine effectively rule out any future talks to end the war.

Myanmar

Myanmar junta executes democracy activists amid international outcry

The hangings are believed to be the first executions in the country for more than 30 years.

Sweden

Iranian man given life sentence in Sweden for 1988 mass executions

The former Iranian prison official was tried in Stockholm under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Sweden

Iran rules out prisoner swap with Sweden before academic's execution

The Swedish-Iranian researcher will be executed and will not be exchanged, the Iranian judiciary said.

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Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysians facing execution

Hundreds of Singaporeans hold a candlelight vigil to protest the looming execution of two Malaysians convicted of drug offences

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia kills 81 in biggest mass execution in modern history

Those executed included 73 Saudis, seven Yemenis and one Syrian, with some purported to have been members of Al Qaeda and Houthi rebels.

Iran

Former Iranian official accused of war crimes goes on trial in Sweden

Hamid Noury is accused of helping to kill “large numbers of prisoners” in Iran on the order of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988, according to Swedish prosecutors.

World News

Sweden prosecutes former Iranian official for 1988 mass executions

A former Iranian official will face trial in Sweden over his suspected role in mass executions of political prisoners during the Iran-Iraq war.

USA

Trump administration oversees unprecedented number of executions

The outgoing US president has overseen 13 federal executions since July, more than any president for 120 years.

USA

US carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953

A Kansas woman was executed on Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate.

Iran

Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests

Iran executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.

Iran

Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general Soleimani

Iranian state television has reported that Iran has executed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an alleged spy who passed information about Qassem Soleimani to the US and Israel.

USA

Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 that "executions may proceed as planned".

Japan

Japan executes Chinese national after 16 year death row stint

Wei wei was in prison for the murder of a family in 2003.

World News

Iran death penalties still second-highest in the world: report

Despite being at a 10-year low, Iran still executes the second-highest number of people in the world, according to a human rights group.

Iraq

Iraq mass grave includes remains of children

Police in northern Iraq say a mass grave contains remains of people executed by Islamic State militants including children