CNN Politics | Brett H. McGurk | Aug 30, 2026 Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. A conventional wisdom has begun to settle over the war with Iran:
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“FARNCE24 (AFP) | August 27,2026 Paris (France) (AFP) – Iran has executed over 500 people so far this year after a new surge in hangings in recent days, despite President Donald Trump urging the Islamic republic to halt executions, a rights group said on Thursday. Iran has executed at least 30
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The United Nations News | August 5, 2026 The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began in late February, warning that capital punishment is being used to intimidate the population and suppress dissent. “I
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By Reuters l July 22, 2026 DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on charges linked to nationwide protests in January, an opposition group and the Iranian judiciary’s official Mizan news agency reported on Wednesday. Mizan identified the man as Mehdi Khaneki and said he was executed for “operational actions” that
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U.K. authorities have linked the IRGC and its proxies to a wave of violent plots on British soil The Washington Post | By Greg Miller | July 13, 2026 The United Kingdom will declare Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group and place sanctions on the elite paramilitary organization that
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France Presse | May 17, 2026 Iran put to death over 2,150 people last year, a “staggering” increase that pushed recorded worldwide executions to their highest level since 1981, Amnesty International said Monday. Amnesty said it had confirmed the executions of at least 2,707 people
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Order echoes 1988 death commissions, when tens of thousands died. The Dallas Morning News | By Ted Poe | May 15, 2026 For more than 20 years, before I went to Congress, I sat on a criminal court bench in Texas. I presided over more than 20,000 cases. I
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Paris (France) 24 Issued on: 20/04/2026 Paris (France) (AFP) – Iran on Monday executed two members of opposition group the People’s Mujahedin (MEK) who were convicted of spying for Israel, with the judiciary chief warning of “no leniency”. Mohammad Masoom Shahi, 38 and also known as Nima, and Hamed Validi, 45, were put to
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 31 March 2026 Responding to the arbitrary and secret executions of four dissidents in Iran since yesterday as at least seven other protesters and dissidents face the imminent risk of execution, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Diana Eltahawy said: “Iranian authorities must
Fox News | Emma Bussey | 3/ 25/2026 A bipartisan group of former senior U.S. officials — including former military leaders, diplomats, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — has issued a letter backing regime change in Iran and endorsing and opposition roadmap for the
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