UN Human Rights Chief Turk says Iran used executions to "suppress dissent"; 56 killed since March

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How it spread - 13 original reports

1. Wed, 5 August 2026

   2 reports
   • webindia123.com06:57first to report
     UN Human Rights Chief Turk says Iran used executions to "suppress dissent"; 56 killed since March
   • dominicanrepublicpost.com14:26
     UN rights chief says Iran executed at least 56 people since March - Dominican Republic Post – Caribbean News, Business, Travel & Culture

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2. Wed, 12 August 2026

   6 reports
   • France Info (France)15:23
     "Le peuple iranien doit être libre d'exercer ses droits" : 26 pays, dont la France, le Royaume-Uni et le Canada, condamnent les exécutions de manifestants en Iran

     En 2025, les autorités iraniennes ont exécuté au moins 1 639 personnes, un record depuis 1989, selon des ONG.

   • Le Monde (France)15:56
     Iran : une trentaine de pays, dont la France, le Royaume-Uni et le Canada, condamnent les exécutions de manifestants

     Le pouvoir a reconnu plus de 3 000 morts, imputant les violences à des « actes terroristes » orchestrés par les Etats-Unis et Israël.

   • Index.hr (Croatia)16:24
     Dvadeset i šest zemalja oštro osudilo pogubljenja u Iranu

     EU I 26 zemalja oštro osuđuju val pogubljenja u Iranu.

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)17:42
     France, 25 other countries condemn Iran’s execution of protesters

     Statement urges Tehran to end death penalty, release all those arbitrarily detained

   • Google News - Europe query19:17
     European nations condemn executions in Iran

     European nations condemn executions in Iran The Hill

   • The Hill19:17
     European nations condemn executions in Iran

     More than 25 countries on Wednesday, including the U.K., France and Canada, condemned Iran’s execution of anti-government protesters, accusing Tehran of using the death penalty to “silence dissent.” “We condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the countries said in...

3. Thu, 13 August 2026

   4 reports
   • tportal (Croatia)01:56
     Broj pogubljenih prosvjednika u Iranu buknuo, pljušte osude sa svih strana

     Europska unija i 26 zemalja, među kojima i Francuska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo i Kanada, osudile su u srijedu pogubljenja prosvjednika u Iranu, koja su se u posljednje vrijeme uvišestručila.

   • France Info (France)06:47
     Près de 30 pays, dont la France, condamnent les exécutions en Iran, qui continuent sept mois après les manifestations de janvier

     Alors que les exécutions judiciaires d'opposants continuent et se multiplient, ces derniers mois, une trentaine de pays ont signé un texte demandant au régime iranien de cesser immédiatement sa répression sanglante.

   • Le Monde English07:31
     Iran: More than 30 countries condemn executions of protesters

     The EU and 32 other countries, including France, the UK and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Iran's use of the death penalty, to which Iran responded by accusing them of hypocrisy.

   • Euronews12:03edited after publishing
     France accuses Iran of 'bloodshed' over use of death penalty

     previouslyFrance accues Iran of 'bloodshed' over use of death penalty

     After a statement condemning Iran's use of the death penalty, tensions rose between senior diplomats. Paris accused Tehran of 'bloodshed' and Iran called France's stance 'blatant hypocrisy.'

4. Wed, 19 August 2026

   1 report
   • Euronews12:08
     Iran executed at least 900 people since January, rights group says

     The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center documented 901 executions in the first seven months of 2026, including 56 on political or national security charges and 98 members of ethnic minorities — a further rise in death penalties in the Islamic Republic in recent years.