executions

NGO: Iran to execute 26 more protesters

Amnesty slams Iran for denying fair trials to protesters set to be executed.

Iran:

Soccer player faces execution over campaigning for women

Global soccer players’ union shocked over possible execution of Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani.

US denounces Iran over execution of protester

State Department spokesman: These harsh sentences are meant to intimidate Iran's people.

Promises of reform? Taliban forces father to shoot son 3 times

In the first public execution since regaining power, a father of an alleged murderer was forced to kill his own son.

What will international community do about Iranian executions?

Following the hanging of first Iranian protester, BBC's expert says Islamic Republic is waiting to see whether the outside world reacts.

Human rights group:

Iran has executed more than 500 people in 2022

Norway-based group says 504 people have been executed in Iran this year and it is still working to confirm additional cases.

New Details

'The Mossad trained them to avoid security cameras'

The four men who were executed in Iran allegedly destroyed property, stole, and kidnapped local civilians.

Report from Iran: Four executed for cooperating with Israel

Iranian authorities claimed they had busted a spy ring earlier in the month.

UN condemns Hamas over execution of 'spies for Israel'

United Nations condemns Gaza’s Hamas rulers after five Palestinian Arabs were executed, two of them for helping Israel.

Hamas executes Palestinian Arabs for helping Israel

Hamas executes five people, two of them for "collaborating with the occupation".

Iran executes 12 inmates at prison in its southeast

NGO says 11 men and one woman were hanged in the main prison of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province.

Arizona: Son of Holocaust survivor offered death by gas chamber

Jewish groups have failed to stop Arizona from offering a gas chamber as an execution method.

Russian POWs: Our commanders kill own wounded soldiers

Captured Russian soldier: '...They could have been rescued, provided help, taken out of there. He just shot them dead.'

Saudi Arabia executes four more people

This brings to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom since the start of the year.

Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia

The decision comes a day after Saudi Arabia executed 81 suspected terrorists.

Saudi Arabia executes 81 suspected terrorists

Saudi Arabia executes a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences.

European official: Russia plans public executions in Ukraine

European intelligence official reveals Russian plans to demoralize Ukrainian population with severe measures, including public executions.

Jewish death row inmate to get new trial over anti-Jewish bias

Dallas court rules Texas Jewish death row inmate Randy Halprin should be granted new trial due to claims of anti-Semitic judge.

Iran rejects Swedish 'interference' in execution of accused spy

Iran says Sweden's call to stop execution of academic accused of spying is "unacceptable".

Sweden asks Iran to cancel execution of accused spy

Sweden's foreign minister speaks to Iranian counterpart about planned execution of Iranian-Swedish professor sentenced to death for spying.

US sanctions Iranian judge who sentenced wrestler to death

United States imposes sanctions on Iranian judge who sentenced a wrestler to death over his role in protests.

Iran executes champion wrestler convicted of murdering guard

'Entire world should be shocked at execution' of Iranian wrestler Navad Afkari, Israeli judo chair says.

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel and the CIA

Alleged Mossad, CIA spy executed in Iran, after being convicted of aiding in targeted assassination of top Iranian general.

Number of executions globally drops

Number of executions drops globally, but certain countries still see a rise.

Iran executes alleged US spy

Former Iranian Department of Defense contractor executed for spying for the US government.

Gaza sentences 6 people to hang for 'collaborating' with Israel

Court in Gaza City sentences six to death, weeks after Israeli undercover team found in southern Gaza Strip.

'This is not a 'terror attack' - it's an execution'

Media personality: 'We did not come to Israel so that Jews would be tied and shot like dogs. That's why we left the Diaspora.'

Gaza family executes own member for collaborating with Israel

Gazan family says it killed a relative after being told by Hamas he had helped Israel track down and kill three senior Hamas members.

Egypt hangs 15 convicted terrorists

Egyptian authorities execute 15 prisoners convicted of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.

Saudi Arabia executes four terrorists

Saudi Arabia executes four people convicted of terrorism in Qatif in the eastern part of the kingdom.

Hamas executes 3 men for assassination of terrorist leader

Hamas defies international pleas for mercy, executes suspects in assassination of top military leader in Gaza.

Hamas to execute top terrorist's 'assassins' on Thursday

Hamas announces the execution of three men found guilty of assassinating Mazen Faqha will take place on Thursday.

Human Rights Watch blasts Hamas executions

Human Rights Watch on urges Hamas to stop barbaric practice of executing alleged collaborators.

ISIS conducts mass execution in Syria

Islamic terror group butchers 33 people with 'sharp tools' in mass execution in Syria.

Hamas hangs three Gaza 'collaborators' with Israel

Gaza's Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel in the elimination of senior Hamas official Mazen Faqha.

EU condemns Hamas's death penalties

EU condemns Hamas for sentencing two men found guilty of drug trafficking to death.

Jordan executes 10 convicted on terror charges

Jordan executes 15 people, including 10 terrorists, in the largest mass execution in recent history.

Hamas sentences 3 to death for 'collaboration' with Israel

Military court in Gaza sentences three to death by hanging for "collaborating" with Israel.

PLO blasts Hamas decision to execute a Gazan woman

PLO's Hanan Ashrawi denounces Hamas’s decision to sentence a 26-year-old Gazan woman to death for killing her husband.

Gazan woman sentenced to death for murdering her husband

Gazan woman convicted of murdering her husband. If executed, she will be the first woman executed in Gaza.

Iran executes nuclear scientist for 'spying' for the U.S.

Iran executes nuclear scientist convicted of handing over "confidential and vital" information to the United States.

Hamas sentences three 'spies for Israel' to death

Military court in Gaza sentences three local residents to death after they were convicted of spying for Israel.

ISIS claims killing of five Syrian journalists

Jihadist group publishes video showing the execution-style killing of five journalists kidnapped in eastern Syria.

Hamas executes three men for murder

Hamas authorities in Gaza execute three men behind closed doors, security sources say.

Amnesty warns of surge in executions in Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International warns more than 100 people might be executed by Saudi Arabia in the first six months of 2016.

Hamas: We can execute people without Abbas's consent

Hamas claims that the death penalty in Gaza can be carried out without the consent of PA chairman.

UN report blasts Hamas over executions - but raps Israel as well

UN envoy takes Hamas to task over executions, while chiding Israel over terrorist deaths.

UN envoy alarmed over Hamas's public executions

UN's Middle East envoy warns that Hamas's planned public executions are illegal.

Hamas planning public executions of criminals

Hamas announces plans to carry out a series of public executions in Gaza.

Turkey nabs ISIS executioner

Seven ISIS members, including a senior leader and executioner responsible for several murders in Syria, arrested in raid.

Hundreds in France protest 'executioner' Rouhani

Iranian president given raucous welcome over the execution of 2,000 people since he came to power, as protesters demand justice.

Saudis behead 50 in first ten days of 2016

Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopian woman on questionable charges, but UN Human Rights Council chair already falling short of its 2015 record.

Saudi Arabia says all those executed received a fair trial

Saudi Arabia's mission to the UN defends the execution of 47 men, including Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr which angered Iran.

Fatah casts US as co-star in Israeli 'execution' video

Cartoon on official page of Abbas's faction mimics ISIS execution videos, showing US supporting IDF as it 'executes' Palestinian kids.

ISIS explains how it brought down Russian plane

ISIS's English magazine announces it executed Chinese and Norwegian hostages, shows photo of how bomb smuggled in can.

Iran reportedly open to discussing human rights violations

UN rapporteur says Iran is willing to discuss alleged human rights violations but hasn't taken any concrete steps.

ISIS uses Palmyra historic site to execute three people

ISIS executes three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up.

UNHRC member Saudi Arabia to execute pro-democracy cleric

Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court rejects appeal against the death sentence for Shiite cleric who called for pro-democracy protests.

PLO Threatens Israel for 'Executing' Terrorists

PLO unity government runs wild with whitewashing of 'youths' trying to murder Jews, threatens the situation may 'blow up completely.'

UN Chief Urges Iran to Halt Executions

UN Secretary-General calls on Iran to impose a moratorium on executions after two juvenile offenders hanged.