Iran Executed 40 on Security Charges Since 2026 Began, Including 18 Protesters
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Updated · Asharq Al-awsat - English · Jun 15
Iran Executed 40 on Security Charges Since 2026 Began, Including 18 Protesters
3 articles · Updated · Asharq Al-awsat - English · Jun 15
Summary
At least 40 people — including 18 protesters — have been executed in Iran on national security grounds since the start of 2026, UN rights chief Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council.
Turk said the executions came as Tehran intensified repression after January's deadly protest crackdown, which followed late-December demonstrations over economic hardship and was reported by rights groups to have killed thousands.
The UN said the surge in repression has unfolded alongside a regional war triggered in February by U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, which Turk said had devastated human rights across the region.
Sunday's U.S.-Iran peace deal offered a possible opening, and Turk urged all sides to show maximum restraint and implement the agreement quickly and in good faith.