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08:49

Iran Executes 2 More Political Prisoners

Iran's judiciary announced that it executed two men on May 21 as part of an intensified campaign of political hangings amid the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel.

According to the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the men were accused of forming a group intended to disrupt country's security and of membership in what authorities described as a "terrorist" organization.

Tasnim identified them as Ramin Zaleh and Karim Maroufpour.

Iran's judiciary claimed the two men confessed to collaborating in a plot to assassinate an IRGC commander in western Iran and storing weapons for the attack.

The circumstances surrounding the alleged confessions remain unclear.

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Rights organizations have condemned such trials of those executed. The Oslo-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) hassaidmany of the trials have been marked by "torture, forced confessions, and the complete absence of due process."

The executions come amid a broader surge in hangings that has escalated since March 18, weeks after the start of the war with the United States and Israel.

Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penaltyreportedthat at least 1,639 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, including 48 women, marking one of the highest execution rates in the world.

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07:25

FIFA's Reported Ban On Iran's Pre-1979 Flag At World Cup Stirs Controversy

Iranian monarchist groups are voicing anger over reports that FIFA intends to ban the so-called Lion and Sun flag, often carried as a symbol of resistance to the theocratic rule that took over the country in 1979.

Called a "political" symbol by the soccer association and thus not officially allowed at matches, the Lion and Sun is still likely to be flown at World Cup matches, its defiant proponents say.