Execution
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- World
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,…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
Iran hangs two over burning copy of Quran, insulting Prophet
Tehran: Two men were executed by the Iranian authorities on Monday on charges of blasphemy against Islam. According to Mizan News Agency, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were hanged for insulting…
- Middle East
Iran hangs Habib Farajollah Chaab
Tehran: Iranian-Swedish dissident Habib Farajollah Chaab was executed on Saturday over charges of attacks including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people, Mizan News Agency reported. https://twitter.com/MizanNewsAgency/status/1654677236052643841?t=w6x2eoNKbZ0ODQjStYkoxg&s=19 Forty-eight-year-old…
- Middle East
Saudi executions doubled under rule of King Salman, Crown Prince: Report
The annual rate of executions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has almost doubled since King Salman and Crown prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, came to power in 2015. This came…
- Middle East
30 female Iranian prisoners call for end to protester executions
Tehran: Thirty female political prisoners in Evin Prison in Iran on Sunday have signed a petition calling for an end to the execution of protesters in the country, local media reported. The prisoners, including Franco-Iranian…
- Middle East
Iran refuses to hand over the body of Alireza Akbari to his family
Tehran: Iran continues its abhorrent policy towards the Iranian people, as the Iranian authorities refused to hand over the body of an executed British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari to his family for burial…
- Middle East
Germany summons Iran envoy again over Alireza Akbari’s execution
The German Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to Germany over the execution of the former Iranian Defense Ministry official, Alireza Akbari, who holds British citizenship, after he was accused of spying.…
- Middle East
Iran announces first execution amid ongoing anti-hijab protests
Tehran: Iran on Thursday announced the first execution of a protester convicted over the recent anti-government unrest. Mohsen Shekari was hanged on Thursday morning after being found guilty by a Revolutionary Court…
