Iran executes at least 29 people linked to protests
Iranian authorities executed at least 29 people linked to protests in a five-month campaign, Human Rights Watch and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center said, with several victims aged 18 or 19 and five hangings carried out publicly. Between March 18 and the end of August 2026 officials announced the executions of protesters arrested during the December 2025–January 2026 unrest; overall at least 59 men were executed on politically motivated national security charges in the same period. Rights groups documented torture, coerced confessions, denial of independent lawyers, and use of a 2025 espionage law, and urged UN member states to press Tehran to impose a moratorium.
Iran executed at least 29 protest-linked detainees in five months
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Large protests took place in December 2025 and January 2026. Authorities arrested many people after those events. United Nations member states may be asked to press Tehran to halt executions.
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