{"id":109928,"date":"2026-05-12T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/109928\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:43:11","slug":"iran-hangs-another-man-amid-wave-of-executions-since-war-broke-out-with-u-s-and-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/109928\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran hangs another man amid wave of executions since war broke out with U.S. and Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran on Tuesday executed a man convicted of armed rebellion, the judiciary said, the latest in a wave of hangings since war broke out<\/a> with the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n

“The death sentence for Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh, son of Jalal, a trained member of the Ansar al-Furqan terrorist group, was carried out this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.<\/p>\n

He had been charged with rebellion “through armed attacks on police headquarters and membership in the Ansar al-Furqan rebel group,” the authorities added.<\/p>\n

Ansar al-Furqan is a Sunni militant group active in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.<\/p>\n

The judiciary said Shahbakhsh carried out his attacks during protests that rocked Iran in 2022 and 2023 following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini<\/a>, a young Iranian Kurdish woman.<\/p>\n

His sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court, authorities added.<\/p>\n

Iran is the world’s most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups. Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said last month in their\u00a0joint annual report<\/a>\u00a0on the death penalty in Iran that at least 1,639 people were executed in 2025 \u2014 including 48 women.<\/p>\n

The country has been at war with Israel and the United States since late February, with a ceasefire in place since April 8.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the conflict, Iran has ramped up executions, particularly in cases involving alleged espionage or security-related charges.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Iran hanged a man convicted of allegedly spying for the CIA<\/a> and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. Norway-based rights groups Iran Human Rights and Hengaw said Erfan Shakourzadeh was a student at Tehran’s prestigious Iran University of Science and Technology and had written a message before his execution denying the charges.<\/p>\n

According to Hengaw<\/a>, Shakourzadeh wrote: “I was arrested on fabricated espionage charges and, after eight and a half months of torture and solitary confinement, was forced into a false confession. Do not let another innocent life be taken in silence.”<\/p>\n

In March, Iran executed three men who were accused of killing police officers during the protests,\u00a0including Saleh Mohammadi<\/a>, a young member of Iran’s national wrestling team.<\/p>\n

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