Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of Iran’s regime, reported the execution of nine prisoners who had been arrested in 2018 and sentenced to death on charges of “waging war against God through rebellion, armed uprising, and possession of military weapons.”
On Tuesday, June 10, the Judiciary’s media center referred to the executed individuals as members of the “ISIS group” but did not disclose their identities, nationalities, or the time and place of the executions. It stated, “After being arrested and undergoing legal and judicial procedures, they were hanged.”
According to Mizan, the group attempted to enter Iran from the western region on January 27, 2018. They were reportedly surrounded by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces, and during the confrontation, three IRGC members were killed.
The judiciary’s news agency wrote that after court hearings; the Revolutionary Court sentenced the nine individuals to death. The sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court and subsequently carried out by hanging.
Over 1,000 Executions in Eight Months
Human rights organizations in Iran have previously condemned mass executions and called on the international community to respond urgently to halt the unprecedented wave of executions in the country.
Following the killing of Hassan Nasrallah and the growing threat of war between Iran and Israel, the Iranian regime escalated its implementation of death sentences and announced that this trend would continue.
Since October 1, 2024, over the past eight months and ten days, at least 1,020 people have been executed in Iran—an average of one execution every six hours.
The sharp rise in the issuance, confirmation, and enforcement of death sentences in Iran in recent months has sparked a wave of domestic and international protests. Human rights organizations have repeatedly called for a halt to the executions and the upholding of fair trial standards.
