
Iran's Execution Surge: Defiant Dissidents' Last Song
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Six Iranian dissidents, accused of anti-regime activities, were executed in Ghezel Hesar prison, their defiant song echoing before their deaths. The regimes crackdown on dissent, particularly among minorities, intensified in 2025 with a record 1,639 executions, a 68% increase from the previous year. Despite international scrutiny and ongoing conflicts, the Iranian government continues to suppress protests, leaving hundreds more at risk.
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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Iran's Execution Surge: Defiant Dissidents' Last Song. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On April 28th, a smuggled video just surfaced showing six Iranian dissidents belting out a defiant song right before the regime hanged them in Gazelle. He's our prison courtyard, back in February. These guys, Vahid-Bani-Amerian, Babak Ali-Poor, Abel Hassan-Montazir, Poyagobadi, Ali-Atbar-Denesh Varkar, and Muhammad Tagavi, face charges like armed. Rebellion enticed the band groups, staring down the Islamic Republic with pure resistance. Scott executed in late March or early April, like 33-year-old engineer Poyagobadi on March 31st after torture, and Vahid. Bani-Amerian on April 4th. Others, including a law grad, a civil engineer dad, and a long time prisoner, had endured years in brutal spots like Evan, all while protesting the regime's grip. Families often got no final goodbyes, and these men came from diverse backgrounds, from young professionals to elders who'd fought underpass rulers.
2. Human rights groups highlight how this crushes dissent, especially among minorities like Kurds and Belukis hit hardest. New reports from NGOs reveal Iran hanged at Lista, 1,639 people in 2025, the most in 37 years. Up. 68% from 975 the year before. That's over four a day, mostly in prisons, with public ones tripling. All to stifle protests that rock the country, even amid their war with Israel and the US starting late February, executions rolled on, targeting protesters and leaving hundreds more at risk. This surge screams oppression, pushing the world to rethink failed policies before the body count climbs higher.
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