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As a new wave of war and turmoil grips the Middle East, reports reveal that Iran’s ruling clerical regime is taking advantage of the international community’s shifted focus and Iran’s society’s shock to implement harsh measures that it previously hesitated to enforce.<\/p>\n
According to the Iran Human Rights Society<\/a>, the regime’s Judiciary carried out a series of executions during October. On October 9, three prisoners were executed in the Central Kerman Prison, followed by one execution on October 10 in the Central Prison of Karaj. On October 11, three prisoners were executed in various prisons in Bam, Isfahan, and Torbat Heydariyeh. Nine prisoners met the same fate on October 12 in Karaj and Urmia prisons, with two more executions on October 13 in Karaj and Hamedan. On October 15, two prisoners were executed in the Central Prisons of Zanjan and Tabriz, and on October 16, another inmate was executed in the Central Prison of Ardabil.<\/p>\n The string of executions continued with three prisoners executed on October 17 in Khorramabad and Gorgan. On October 18, a Baluch citizen was executed in an Isfahan prison. A mass execution involving ten simultaneous hangings took place in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj on October 19, and five other prisoners were executed in other cities.<\/p>\n On October 21, a Baluch citizen in Isfahan Prison met the same grim fate. Two prisoners were executed on October 22 in Zahedan, and two more in Lakan Prison in Rasht and Karaj Central Prison. On October 22, three male inmates at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and one female inmate at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan were executed. Four prisoners faced execution on October 24 in Karaj and Khoy, with another Baluch citizen executed in Zahedan on October 25. Finally, four prisoners in Rasht, Qazvin, Karaj, and five inmates in Birjand were executed on October 26.<\/p>\n As Baluch worshippers gathered to attend the Friday prayer sermon in Zahedan<\/a> on October 20, they met with an unprecedented dispatch of anti-riot police and hordes of security forces ready to crackdown on those who were moving toward the city\u2019s Maki Mosque.<\/p>\n October 20\u2014Zahedan, southeast #Iran<\/a> — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
More footage regime security forces deployed to crack down on locals trying to attend Friday prayers at the Makki mosque.#IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BYwZlVX7D9<\/a><\/p>\n