Iran has executed some 40 political prisoners since mass protests rocked the country in January. Twelve more may be about to join them, and they were all put on death row by one man: Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, honored by the judiciary as an “exemplary judge.”

ran hanged a man convicted of setting fire to a government building during the January 2026 protests, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Wednesday, in the latest in a…

Iran has executed some 40 political prisoners since mass protests rocked the country in January. Twelve more may be about to join them, and they were all put on death row by one…