Execution

Military execution of Foot Hood gunman will not be livestreamed, Trump says

According to multiple officials, Trump was not initially aware that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would be announcing the livestream of the execution.

US President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question in the Oval Office at the White House on September 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.; illustrative
In this photo released by the Bell County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is charged with murder in the Fort Hood shootings, is seen in a booking photo after being moved to the Bell County Jail on April 9, 2010 in Belton, Texas; illustrative

Retired US military officers urge government to cancel livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

Ali Sina Mostafavi, executed by the Islamic Republic on Wednesday.

Iran executes monarchist accused of supporting Israel, Reza Pahlavi

Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012.

Hegesth plan to publicly livestream Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN condemnation


Tennessee prison chief resigns after second failed execution this year

Department of Correction commissioner Frank Strada said that although he believes his agency followed proper execution protocol, "stepping aside is in the best interest of Tennesseans."

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Iran executes detainee for participating in January anti-regime protests, judiciary says

Iran's judiciary claimed that Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi fired at least three shots at police on January 8 and was arrested two days later with a handgun in Shahrekord in southwestern Iran.

Neither Shah Nor Mullah protest against the executions carried out in Iran by Ayatollah Khamenei's regime in the city of Paris in France on September 19, 2026.

Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution

Her lawyers repeated their calls for Pike's sentence to be commuted to life in prison after enduring what they called "chemical torture."

Witness Catherine Sweeney with WPLN recounts the planned execution of Christa Pike at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, US, September 30, 2026. Pike had not been declared dead when the witnesses were asked to leave the room they were witnessing in.

Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after two lethal injection attempts

Notably, this is the second failed execution attempt in the state of Tennessee in 2026. Pike, 50, was set to be executed for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.

Iran's Araghchi dismisses, smiles at reporter's question on regime's execution, torture of Iranians

On Monday, Araghchi denounced other countries for not condemning alleged "atrocities" committed in Iran by the United States and Israel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026; illustrative.

Who is Leila Abolhasani? The mother sentenced to death after Iran’s January protests

Abolhasani, a 43-year-old beautician and mother of two teenage girls, was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” after authorities accused her of helping set fire to a supermarket.

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old mother of two, faces execution in Iran after being convicted of “enmity against God” following her arrest during January’s nationwide protests.

Iran’s regime is at war with its own people - and executions are its weapon - opinion

As long as the Iranian regime remains in power, it will keep “searching for necks to hang from its gallows.”

A WOMAN in the Netherlands holds a noose while standing near images of killed Iranian political prisoners, in 2024.

Amnesty International issues rare condemnation of Hamas, demands end to extrajudicial executions

The organization, which has frequently criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank, demanded that Hamas end impunity for extrajudicial killings and reprisal attacks.

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Facing exile and persecution, an Iranian dissident crossed from devout Muslim to student of Judaism

IRANIAN AFFAIRS: Iranian refugee Behnam Vali Heydarian recounts persecution, attacks, pro-Israel activism, and fears of deportation to Iran after his journey from Islam to Christianity and Judaism.

IRANIAN ACTIVISTS display the Lion and Sun flag alongside Israel’s flag outside Georgia’s parliament at one of the rallies that interviewee Behnam Vali Heydarian says he was pressured to stop organizing.

UN helped Iran expand anti-drug crackdown despite execution concerns

Iranian seizures of meth increased from 30,393 kilograms in 2022 to 40,453 kg. in 2025 with the help of the technology, according to the United Nations.

An Iranian policeman holds up a package of seized Afghan-made drugs during a media tour in the southeastern city of Zahedan, on July 19, 2011; illustrative