https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/02/iran-iranian-protesters-surge-executions-death-penalty-war. #American & #Israeli #bombs & #cruise #missiles aren't the way to secure #humanrights & #democracy in #Iran, @andrewstroehlein - not that Messrs #Trump & #Netanyahu could care less about the people of that country. It's only too likely that their #illegal #war will strengthen the #theocracy, rather than weakening it.
‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

The Guardian