DEATH STATE Iran’s unfathomably cruel execution regime is laid bare… by the man who’s seen it first hand after 25 YEARS on death row

At least 176 inmates have been sent to the gallows in the past month - averaging at more than five a day Katie Davis, Chief Foreign Reporter (Digital) Published: 13:22, 6 Jun 2025

 Saeed Masouri, who has spent 25 years behind bars, also revealed how the execution rate has spiralled in the last month in a harrowing letter written behind bars. Saeed Masouri been in jail in Iran for 25 years Credit: NCRI The regime’s merciless killing spree has seen at least 176 inmates sent to the gallows in the past month. Insiders told The Sun the shocking spike in executions comes amid a barbaric attempt from leaders to crush dissent and act as a warning against it. Masouri, who was arrested for his affiliation with the resistance unit People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, has now told of the secret process behind executions. Psychological torture, threats against family and sham trials are all used as tools by the regime to condemn its enemies to death on trumped-up charges. Four Iranian convicts hanging after a public execution in 2007 Credit: AFP Masouri’s emotional letter was smuggled out of the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison in Iran and shared with The Sun from Iran Human Rights Monitor. “It is often said that every criminal act is preceded by criminal preparations, hidden beneath the surface,” the 60-year-old wrote in a letter to the UN. “For instance, when an execution is carried out, the inhumane and rights-violating acts that preceded it remain hidden from view.

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