Photo: Reports from the United Nations and human rights organizations confirm that Iran executed a high number of people in 2024, with figures indicating at least 975 individuals were executed
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday there was “no plan” by Iran to hang people, when asked about the anti-government protests in the Middle Eastern nation. Iran’s security forces have killed at least 3,428 protesters since unrest began just over two weeks ago, Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO said. Human rights groups also report that
more than 18,400 people have been arrested
“There is no plan for hanging,” the foreign minister told Fox News in an interview on the Special Report with Bret Baier programme. “Hanging is out of the question,” he said.
According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Society, hangings are common in Iranian prisons.
But Iran’s Prosecutor General, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, and other Iranian judicial officials have recently announced plans to
prosecute arrested anti-government protesters with capital crimes, specifically the charge of “moharebeh” or “waging war against God,” which carries the death penalty
SUMMARY
- Trump urges Iranian protesters to ‘take over institutions’, claims ‘help is on its way’
- Iran’s internet shutdown has now lasted over 132 hours, monitor says
- Iran judiciary chief calls for fast trials of suspects arrested over protests
- Some personnel told to depart US airbase in Qatar, US sources say
- At least 3,428 killed in Iran crackdown on protesters, rights group says
- Trump says has been notified killings in Iran have ‘stopped’
- Execution of Iran protester postponed, rights group says citing relatives
- Iranian Foreign Minister says there is ‘no plan’ to hang people. We are in full control,’ Iran foreign minister tells Fox News
- Oil prices fall after Trump comments ease Iran fears
- Trump suggests Iranians wouldn’t accept leadership of opposition figure Reza Pahlavi
- Iran extends closure of airspace
- Execution of Iran protester postponed, rights group says citing relatives
- Lufthansa to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace after US threats against Iran
UK says it has ‘temporarily closed’ embassy in Tehran
Spain tells citizens to leave Iran due to deadly protests
Italy, Poland tell citizens to leave Iran immediately
G7 threatens ‘additional restrictive measures’ over Iran protest crackdown
Iran committing mass unlawful killings ‘on unprecedented scale’, says Amnesty International
Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s deposed shah, positions himself as an alternative to the regime
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has said the United States should consider “highly targeted actions” against Iran’s supreme leader and commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
France 24
