Iran Executes Seven Prisoners Amidst Allegations of Israel Ties and Escalating Crackdown

Iran carried out a significant number of executions on Saturday, putting seven death-row inmates to death, including six who were alleged to have conducted attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel. This recent wave of executions is part of what human rights organizations believe is the highest rate of capital punishment in decades.

The six individuals executed were accused by Iranian authorities of killing police officers and security forces, as well as orchestrating bombings around Khorramshahr in the Khuzestan province. State television aired footage of one of the men discussing the attacks, with authorities claiming these details were being made public for the first time.

The Kurdish group Hengaw Organization for Human Rights identified the six as “Arab political prisoners” initially detained during 2019 protests. They were reportedly accused of links to the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, a group that has previously targeted oil pipelines in the region. Hengaw asserted that these men endured severe torture, leading to televised “confessions” under duress.

These executions follow a 12-day Iran-Israel conflict in June, after which Tehran vowed to target its adversaries both domestically and internationally. Critics, however, warn that Iran frequently relies on coerced confessions and closed-door trials in death penalty cases, particularly those involving allegations of ties to Israel.

Separately on Saturday, Iran also executed an inmate accused of killing a Sunni cleric in 2009 in Iran’s Kurdistan province. Human rights groups like the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights and the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran estimate that over 1,000 people have been executed in 2025 alone, noting the true figure could be higher due to Iran’s lack of transparent reporting. Independent human rights experts at the United Nations have also voiced strong criticism regarding Iran’s extensive use of the death penalty.

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