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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST
Iran’s Killing Machine: 1,200 Executions This Year Alone as Chilling Letter Warns Regime Is Erasing Victims
A coalition of former ambassadors, MPs and senior religious leaders have issued a stark warning over what they describe as a ‘massacre unfolding in plain sight’ in Iran.
In a strongly worded letter, the signatories accuse the Iranian regime of ramping up executions as a brutal method of silencing dissent—with a staggering 1,200 people put to death so far this year, including 200 in September alone, marking the bloodiest month since the notorious 1988 prison killings.
Currently, there are more than 50 political prisoners on death row, including three women.
The letter urges the United Nations and democratic nations to intervene immediately, warning that inaction could pave the way for a chilling repeat of the mass executions that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives nearly four decades ago.
UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
Though Decades Removed from His Execution, a Free Iran Will Be My Father’s Legacy
As this Friday is World Day Against the Death Penalty, I have been thinking a lot lately about an audio recording I made with my father when I was only six years old. In it, he said to me: “Your heart is your country and currently your country is one big prison. But there will come a day when you see paradise, and that is when Iran will be free.” The recording is precious to me because those were among the last words my father uttered in my presence. Only months later, the Iranian regime hanged him as punishment for his activism and membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), which was and remains the country’s leading pro-democracy opposition group.
My father was only 33 years old at the time, and I was only six – too young to understand the full context or significance of the words he was leaving behind for me. But as I reached adolescence and then adulthood, I grew to appreciate those sentiments more deeply each time I listened back to them, and soon I found them fueling my own activism as I sought to follow in my father’s noble footsteps. With each passing year, I feel a greater sense of hope that the inspiration my father left behind will indeed help the Iranian people to win their freedom.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
World Day Against the Death Penalty: Urgent Campaign to Stop Executions in Iran
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, I pay tribute to all those who were executed for their struggle for freedom. On this day, the world’s outrage and revulsion are directed at the religious tyranny ruling Iran, a regime of executions and massacres, a monster of death, and a symbol of destruction. Yet, the Iranian people and Resistance continue to stand firm against this regime through acts of heroic sacrifice. The mullahs sought to shape our destiny with the gallows, but we rose in defiance and forged a new path, one that guarantees freedom. Our Resistance carries the radiant promise that the inevitable overthrow of this regime will not only be a victory for the people of Iran, but also a great triumph for human rights across the world.
Defying The Gallows: Iran’s Resistance Units Escalate Activities as Regime’s Execution Spree Hits Record High
As the clerical regime in Iran desperately attempts to quell dissent through an unprecedented wave of executions, its primary opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), is meeting this brutality with unwavering defiance. Across the country, PMOI Resistance Units are escalating their activities, sending a clear message that the spirit of resistance cannot be extinguished by the gallows. Recent actions in Zahedan, the heart of Sistan and Baluchestan province, highlight a courageous counter-offensive against the regime’s campaign of terror.
Manijeh Hassani-Fard and Fariba Khorramabadi Detained Arbitrarily in Fardis Prison
In yet another wave of arbitrary arrests targeting women in Iran, two political prisoners, Manijeh Hassani-Fard and Fariba Khorramabadi, remain in detention under unclear circumstances and without due legal process at Fardis Prison (Kachouii) in Karaj. Manijeh Hassani-Fard, a 62-year-old resident of Karaj originally from Tabriz, has been held in custody since August 2025. The mother of two was arrested by security forces in Karaj without the presentation of any judicial warrant and transferred directly to Fardis Prison.
More than two months after her arrest, no judicial or security institution has taken responsibility for her detention. There is still no information regarding the reasons for her arrest, the authority overseeing her case, or her current health condition.
Rally in Brussels: Iranians Demand End to Executions and Support a Free Iran
On October 10, 2025, supporters of the Iranian Resistance gathered in Brussels to protest executions in Iran. The event, held at Schuman Roundabout, coincided with the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
It called for urgent international action to stop the regime’s systematic use of executions as a political weapon.
Final Day of Geneva Sit-In Urges End to Executions and Freedom for Iranian Political Prisoners
Geneva, Switzerland – October 10, 2025 — On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held the third and final day of their rally and sit-in at Place des Nations, in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Running from October 8 to 10, the protest strongly condemned the Iranian regime’s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners.
Rally in Stockholm Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners
Stockholm, Sweden – October 10, 2025 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered outside the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The demonstrators condemned the Iranian regime’s ongoing executions and called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty, the release of all prisoners on death row, and accountability for the regime leaders responsible for these crimes.
Rally in Berlin Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners
Berlin, Germany – October 10, 2025 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in front of the Bundestag in Berlin to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The demonstrators condemned the Iranian regime’s ongoing executions and called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty, the release of all political prisoners, and urgent international action to prevent imminent executions.
Iranian Girls: Stolen Childhoods and Dark Futures
On the International Day of the Girl Child, October 11, 2025, when the world reaffirms its commitment to equality, education, and protection for girls, millions of young girls in Iran continue to live under systematic discrimination, child marriage, forced labor, and state-sanctioned violence. Under the rule of the mullahs’ regime, Iranian girls face institutionalized misogyny from early childhood—where laws, religion, and policy combine to strip them of education, safety, and dignity before they even reach adulthood. Although Iran acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1993, its domestic laws remain in blatant contradiction with its international obligations. Article 1041 of the Civil Code allows the marriage of girls under 13 with a guardian’s consent and a court’s approval. Article 1210 sets the age of puberty for girls at 9 lunar years, and Article 147 of the Islamic Penal Code establishes criminal responsibility from the same age.
Iran’s Human Rights Crisis Deepens After 12-Day War: Over 200 Executions and Mass Arrests in September
Following Khamenei’s warnings that “the real threat is internal,” Iran’s regime intensifies repression with record executions, arbitrary arrests, and systematic crackdowns. Following the 12-day war and the heavy blows suffered by the regime, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei repeatedly emphasized that “the real threat comes from within,” not from foreign enemies. This shift in focus has led to an escalation in domestic repression — including widespread executions, arbitrary arrests, and torture — as the regime seeks to suppress dissent and prevent new uprisings. In recent weeks, intelligence and security forces have launched a sweeping campaign of arrests under various pretexts, detaining hundreds across the country. Continuous executions throughout September have plunged many families into mourning, as Iran witnessed one of the deadliest months of 2025 in terms of human rights violations.