Iranian writers, filmmakers, and other cultural figures have joined the outcry against a surge of executions in the country, using the hashtag "Do Not Execute" to criticize the continued use of the death penalty in a crackdown on political dissent from mass protests in January.

The US State Department criticized the execution of prisoners in Iran and called for the release of political prisoners as Tehran has ramped up its use of the death penalty in…

The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of…