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Saudi Arabia executes seven men on terrorism charges
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, February 27, executed seven men who were convicted on terrorism-related charges. This is the highest number executed in a single day since 81 people…
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Iran executes four men convicted of spying for Israel
Tehran: Iran executed four terrorists convicted of espionage cooperation in favour of the Israeli regime, Iran State News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday. The news agency reported that Iran’s judiciary announced that…
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Iran executes anti-hijab protestor charged with cop’s murder
Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 23-year-old man, was executed in Iran after being charged with killing a police officer and spreading “corruption on earth” during the 2022 protests that followed the death of Mahsa…
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Saudi Arabia carried out 170 executions in 2023
Riyadh: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have executed at least 170 people during the year 2023. The latest executions occurred on Sunday, December 31, including two in Tabuk, one in…
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Iran executes four saboteurs linked to Israel’s Mossad
Tehran: Iran on Friday said that it has executed four saboteurs linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, media reports said. Also ReadIran executes 17-year-old boy for murder, draws flak “Four members of…
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UN condemns Iran executions, calls to stop death penalty
The United Nations (UN) has condemned the executions of a 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man in Iran and called on Tehran to stop the death penalty. In a statement, on Tuesday,…
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Iran executes 17-year-old boy for murder, draws flak
Tehran: The Iranian authorities on Saturday, November 25, executed 17-year-old boy named Hamidreza Azari in Sabzevar Prison, after he was convicted of murder. In May this year, he was sentenced to death…
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Saudi Arabia executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Wednesday, August 16, executed an American citizen who was convicted of killing his father, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Saudi Ministry of…
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Iran executes 5 men convicted of gang rape
Tehran: Five persons were executed by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday, August 9, after being convicted of kidnapping and gang-raping a woman in May 2022. The execution took place in the north-western…
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Singapore executes woman convict for first time in 20 years
Singapore: For the first time in 20 years, Singapore on Friday executed a woman convict who was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018. Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45,…
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Iran hangs two men over 2022 shrine attack
Tehran: Iranian authorities have executed two men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a shrine last October which claimed the lives of 13 people and injured over 40 others, state…
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Saudi Arabia executes citizen accused of burning friend alive
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) executed a citizen who was convicted of burning his friend alive, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. The execution of Barakat bin Jibreel…
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Iran: US, EU criticism of convicts’ execution ‘meddlesome’, ‘ridiculous’
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has dismissed the US and EU criticism against Iran’s execution of three convicts who killed security officers in an armed attack as “meddlesome” and “ridiculous”. “Instead…
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Iran hangs three men linked to anti-govt protests
Tehran: Three men who were sentenced to death in connection to last year’s anti-government protests in Iran were executed by the authorities on Friday, the judiciary announced. Majid Kazemi (30), Saleh Mirhashemi…
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Saudi, Iran & Egypt carried out 90% of executions in the world in 2022
The pace of executions has increased dramatically in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt by 90 per cent in 2022, according to a report by Amnesty International. In its annual report, issued on…
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