Even seasoned observers are stunned by the regime’s renewed campaign of killing. Families of the condemned are asking why the West doesn’t seem to care THE SUNDAY TIMES 16/Nov/2025 Iran is entering one of its deadliest periods of state executions since the mass killings of 1988. More than 1,025 people have been executed in the first nine months of 2025 , with 204 in September alone . At least 17 political prisoners  now face imminent execution, many accused of links to the b

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani was arrested for taking part in protests in 2019. The boxer and coach is the latest of several Iranian sports stars to face execution. Photograph: Iran Human Rights © Photograph: Iran Human Rights Story by Sarah Johnson More than 20 Olympic medallists, coaches and other international athletes, including the tennis player Martina Navratilova and the swimmer Sharron Davies, have signed a letter calling for a halt to the execution of a boxing champion

Category: Statements Published: 30 October 2025 At a meeting in Parliament on Tuesday, cross-party MPs and Peers called for immediate intervention and stronger accountability measures to stop executions in Iran. They urged urgent international action to save the lives of political prisoners on death row, including 17 at imminent risk for their affiliation with Iran’s democratic opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Speakers described these death