Iran regime uses war to mask 'brutal' execution surge against political opponents

The Islamic Republic of Iran is connected way to transcend nan grounds number of executions it carried retired against opponents successful 2025, pinch 657 executions successful nan first 3 months of nan year, according to nan Iran Human Rights Society.  

Hiding down nan warfare pinch nan U.S. and Israel, critics opportunity nan authorities appears hopeless to destruct opposition, peculiarly pursuing anti-regime demonstrations that shook nan nation's rulers and resulted successful tens of thousands being murdered by nan country's information forces and militias.

In March, nan authorities was met pinch condemnations, including from President Donald Trump, complete nan execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.

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A protester holds 'Stop executions successful Iran' and 'Free Iran' placards during nan demonstration. Demonstrators gathered extracurricular Downing Street successful protestation against executions successful Iran and successful support of state for Iran.  (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

On Iran's latest sidesplitting spree, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "This latest barbaric enactment is much evidence of why the regime can ne'er beryllium allowed the advanced capabilities that we are destroying."

The United Nations Special Rapporteur connected nan business of quality authorities successful nan Islamic Republic of Iran, Mai Sato, said that since nan commencement of nan warfare astatine slightest six executions took spot arsenic of March 30, and noted connected her X account that an further 2 executions took spot connected March 31.

Sato described nan regime’s known victims arsenic protesters, an accused spy for Israel, and individuals charged pinch "armed rebellion" against nan regime. Sato said that "due to nan net blackout, it is unclear who other has been executed aliases are astatine consequence of execution." She said, "What is clear is that nan decease punishment is being utilized arsenic a instrumentality for suppressing governmental guidance successful wartime conditions."

Cars pain successful a thoroughfare during a protestation complete nan illness of nan currency’s worth successful Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)

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The Secretariat of nan NCRI provided a written connection to Fox News Digital describing nan caller executions of 4 members of nan Iranian dissident statement People’s Mohahedin Organization of Iran (PMOE/MEK). The NCRI said members Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvarkar were transferred from Ghezel Hesar situation connected March 29, and executed nan pursuing morning. Four further members of nan group, Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer and Pouya Ghobadi, were transferred arsenic well. On March 31, nan authorities executed Alipour and Ghobadi.

Ali Safavi, a personnel of nan NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called for "urgent action" to prevention nan lives of Amerian and Montazer.

Maryam Rajavi, nan president-elect of nan NCRI, posted connected X that nan execution conducted connected March 31 "reflects nan clerical regime’s fearfulness and desperation." She called connected nan United Nations and its personnel states to prosecute successful "practical and effective measures, including nan closure of embassies and nan expulsion of nan regime’s violent diplomats and agents."

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Before nan Islamic Republic killed thousands of its ain group during January protests, nan United Nations Office of nan High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that nan Islamic Republic carried retired "at least" 1,500 executions successful 2025. According to nan High Commissioner, "the standard and gait of executions propose a systematic usage of superior reward arsenic a instrumentality of State intimidation, pinch disproportionate effect connected taste minorities and migrants."

Amnesty International has raised akin concerns, and additionally noted that 5 "young protesters" now "face nan imminent consequence of execution," having been transferred from Ghezal Hesar "to an unidentified location" arsenic of March 31.