66 h. ago Israel's parliament is working on a death penalty law, but only for Palestinians

The sentence is to be death by hanging.

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9 d. ago At least 5,000 people killed in Iran protests, official says

Some of the heaviest clashes and highest number of deaths took place in Kurdish areas in northwest of country

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1 week ago Iran's supreme leader says authorities 'must break the back of seditionists' after protests

A Norway-based rights group said over 3,400 protesters were killed by Iran’s security forces, though other estimates place the death toll at over 5,000.

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1 week ago Iran’s leader calls Donald Trump a ‘criminal’ for backing protests

Iran has returned to an uneasy calm after the harsh repression of protests that began on December 28 over its ailing economy.

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1 week ago Iran says no executions imminent as US sanctions security chiefs over protest crackdown

In an interview with Fox News, Abbas Araghchi said there will be “no hanging today or tomorrow” and claimed that “everything is calm” in Iran.

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1 week ago Iran says protester Erfan Soltani has not been sentenced to death

Trump claims protest killings have halted and plays down military threats

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1 week ago Iran's foreign minister took to Fox News to insist 'no hanging, today or tomorrow'

In an interview with Fox News, Abbas Araghchi said there will be “no hanging today or tomorrow” and claimed that “everything is calm” in Iran.

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1 week ago Trump claims Iran protest killings have halted and plays down military threats

Tehran’s foreign minister says executions detained antigovernment activists are ‘out of the question’

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1 week ago Execution of protestor postponed as Iran accused of mass killings on 'unprecedented scale'

Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities of committing mass unlawful killings “on an unprecedented scale,” citing verified videos and eyewitness accounts

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1 week ago US pulls some personnel from key Middle East bases as Trump weighs action against Iran

US president issues threat against regime as reported death toll from the crisis surges past 2,700

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1 week ago Iran’s judiciary signals fast trials and executions for detained protesters

A security force crackdown on the demonstrations has already killed at least 2,571 people.

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1 week ago Iran protests: Death toll passes 2,500 as Trump warns Tehran against executing demonstrators

The US President told a CBS News interview that the US would take “very strong action” if protesters are hanged.

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1 week ago Iranian chief justice calls for swift punishment of protest detainees

US president issues threat against regime as reported death toll from the crisis surges past 2,700

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1 week ago Early Edition podcast: Children waiting years for medical assessments and today’s other top stories

Extreme weather more likely, Iran set to execute protestor and Pierce Brosnan plays a boxing coach

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2 w. ago Áras ceremony for new Iranian ambassador 'not appropriate' due to Iran protest crackdowns

Iran has an embassy in Blackrock in Dublin and its new ambassador, Eshagh Al Habib, was due to go to Áras an Uachtaráin for a ceremony to accept his credentials.

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2 w. ago Trump tells Iranians ‘help is on its way’ and urges them to continue protesting

About 2,000 have been killed in last two weeks of demonstrations, official says

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2 w. ago Ireland hits Iran with diplomatic snub after hundreds killed in protests

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2 w. ago Trump tells Iranians to keep protesting and says help is on the way

About 2,000 killed in demonstrations, Iranian official says

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2 w. ago Trump declares 25% tariff on Iran's trade partners as protest death toll rises

Iran’s main trading partners are China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

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2 w. ago Iran: Trump weighs response options as death toll in protests nears 600

More than 10,600 arrested since beginning of unrest across country in late December, rights group says

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