Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, ...

Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this year.

Two sources confirmed to CBS News that Saleh Mohammadi, a young member of Iran's national wrestling team, was among the three ...

The Iranian government executed more than 1,600 people last year — marking a three decade high not seen since the end of the ...

The most underreported story in Iran is the one its brutal regime is waging against its own people – the near total internet ...

Three young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as ...

This past week, Ohio Attorney general Dave Yost wrote a highly critical report on Ohio's capital punishment system.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts ...

Executions then resumed in 1977, when double murderer Gary Gilmore was put to death by firing squad. A steady rise in ...