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Iran regime uses war to mask ‘brutal’ execution surge against political opponents
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the Iran Human Rights Society.
Hiding behind the war with the U.S. and Israel, critics say the regime appears desperate to eliminate opposition, particularly following anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation’s rulers and resulted in tens of thousands being murdered by the country’s security forces and militias.
In March, the regime was met with condemnations, including from President Donald Trump, over the execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.
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A protester holds ‘Stop executions in Iran’ and ‘Free Iran’ placards during the demonstration. Demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street in protest against executions in Iran and in support of freedom for Iran. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
On Iran’s latest killing spree, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, «This latest barbaric act is more evidence of why the regime can never be allowed the advanced capabilities that we are destroying.»
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mai Sato, said that since the start of the war at least six executions took place as of March 30, and noted on her X account that an additional two executions took place on March 31.
Sato described the regime’s known victims as protesters, an accused spy for Israel, and individuals charged with «armed rebellion» against the regime. Sato said that «due to the internet blackout, it is unclear who else has been executed or are at risk of execution.» She said, «What is clear is that the death penalty is being used as a tool for suppressing political opposition in wartime conditions.»
Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency’s value in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)
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The Secretariat of the NCRI provided a written statement to Fox News Digital describing the recent executions of four members of the Iranian dissident organization People’s Mohahedin Organization of Iran (PMOE/MEK). The NCRI said members Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvarkar were transferred from Ghezel Hesar prison on March 29, and executed the following morning. Four additional members of the group, Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer and Pouya Ghobadi, were transferred as well. On March 31, the regime executed Alipour and Ghobadi.
Ali Safavi, a member of the NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called for «urgent action» to save the lives of Amerian and Montazer.
Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the NCRI, posted on X that the execution conducted on March 31 «reflects the clerical regime’s fear and desperation.» She called on the United Nations and its member states to engage in «practical and effective measures, including the closure of embassies and the expulsion of the regime’s terrorist diplomats and agents.»
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Before the Islamic Republic killed thousands of its own people during January protests, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that the Islamic Republic carried out «at least» 1,500 executions in 2025. According to the High Commissioner, «the scale and pace of executions suggest a systematic use of capital punishment as a tool of State intimidation, with disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants.»
Amnesty International has raised similar concerns, and additionally noted that five «young protesters» now «face the imminent risk of execution,» having been transferred from Ghezal Hesar «to an unidentified location» as of March 31.
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Las empresas navieras de Grecia, los Emiratos Árabes Unidos y China son las más afectadas por el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, según datos de Bloomberg y de organizaciones de tráfico marítimo.
Alrededor de 670 buques de carga enviaron señales desde el oeste del estrecho de Ormuz durante el último día, de los cuales 120 pertenecían a empresas de los cercanos Emiratos Árabes Unidos, lo que representa alrededor del 18 % del total.
La guerra estalló el 28 de febrero cuando Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron ataques contra Irán, lo que desencadenó ataques de represalia en toda la región, con las fuerzas de Teherán apuntando a esta crucial vía marítima.
Las cifras podrían subestimar los totales reales, ya que es posible que algunos buques hayan apagado sus transpondedores.
Grecia
Después de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, el siguiente en la lista es Grecia: sus empresas cuentan con al menos 75 buques de carga que se encuentran en el estrecho desde el inicio de la guerra, alrededor del 12 % del total.
De esos buques, unos 30 son petroleros o gaseros, según un análisis de datos de Bloomberg, que recopila información de diversas organizaciones.
China
Los países asiáticos se han visto muy afectados por el cierre.
Las empresas chinas cuentan con 74 buques de carga en la zona, 25 de los cuales son petroleros y gaseros. El resto son buques de carga seca a granel, como los portacontenedores.
Japón
Las empresas japonesas tienen al menos 23 buques de petróleo y gas y 16 buques de carga seca en el estrecho.
Además, 25 buques de Hong Kong —13 de petróleo y gas, 12 de carga seca— también se encuentran en la región.
India
Las empresas con sede en la India cuentan con 24 buques de petróleo y gas en la zona.
Las empresas de Singapur y Corea del Sur también se han visto afectadas, con 29 y 22 buques de mercancías, respectivamente, atascados desde que comenzó la guerra.
Vietnam tiene tres grandes buques de transporte de gas en la zona.
Petróleo y gas
Alrededor de 50 superpetroleros (VLCC) parecen estar varados, junto con 11 supergaseros.
Corea del Sur cuenta con siete de los VLCC, las empresas de China y Japón cuentan con seis cada una, y Grecia con cinco.
Buques vinculados a Irán
De las 225 travesías realizadas por buques de carga desde el inicio de la guerra, más de 40 fueron de buques iraníes, según datos de la empresa de inteligencia marítima Kpler.
Otras 60 fueron de buques que no enarbolan pabellón ni son propiedad directa de Irán, pero que están sancionados por Estados Unidos en el marco de su programa sobre Irán.
Travesías griegas y chinas
Unas 35 travesías han sido realizadas por buques de propiedad griega, incluidas ocho de una sola empresa, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd.
Al menos 20 buques afiliados a China y 13 vinculados a la India han realizado el trayecto.
Algunos buques parecen haber cruzado el estrecho a través de un sistema de verificación en el que Irán concede paso seguro a ciertos buques de países amigos.
Buques estadounidenses en el punto de mira
Cientos de buques parecen estar esperando a que pase la guerra, dados los altísimos costos de los seguros y el peligro para la vida y la carga.
De los buques en la zona que informaron de ataques o actividades sospechosas, alrededor de la mitad estaban vinculados a Europa o a Estados Unidos, según el Servicio de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo del Reino Unido y la información sobre la propiedad disponible públicamente.
(Con información de AFP)
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Top congressional Democrats, party campaign arms and allied groups are suing President Donald Trump and his administration over a sweeping order he signed this week that would increase federal involvement in elections.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., along with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association and the Democratic National Committee, filed the lawsuit Thursday.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to block Trump’s executive order signed Tuesday targeting mail-in voting and voter eligibility, as Senate Republicans continue debating the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
«The American people are fed up with Republicans’ price-spiking, health care-gutting agenda and are ready to vote them out,» Schumer, Jeffries and the committee chairs said in a joint statement. «That’s why Donald Trump is desperately trying to rig our elections by making it harder to vote for seniors, Americans with disabilities, members of the military, rural communities and other working families who rely on vote-by-mail. This move is blatantly unconstitutional, and we will fight against it.»
«We are taking action to challenge Trump’s executive order to protect the right to vote and ensure every eligible American can make their voice heard at the ballot box,» they added.
Trump has warned Republicans that if they cannot pass the SAVE America Act — which is unlikely given unified Democratic opposition in the Senate — the GOP could face major losses in the upcoming midterm elections.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order on mail ballots in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Reuters Photos)
The executive order, signed earlier this week, reflects Trump taking matters into his own hands amid the political reality in Congress.
The order would create federal «citizenship lists» of U.S. citizens using government databases, require those lists to be shared with states before elections, and give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) authority over mail-in voting logistics. It would also require voters to be enrolled with USPS to receive mail ballots.
The order would allow USPS to refuse delivery of ballots from people not on its approved list and impose new federal design and processing rules for mail-in ballot envelopes.
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Vote by mail ballots are inspected at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on Nov. 4, 2025, in California.. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Democrats argue the order is unconstitutional on several grounds, including that it overrides states’ authority over elections, violates the separation of powers, breaches privacy laws and risks disenfranchising millions of voters.
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They argue Trump has «no such authority» to impose sweeping changes on elections nationwide.
«If permitted, the President’s actions would fundamentally alter the constitutional balance between the states and the federal government by allowing the executive branch to wield federal power to pressure states into adopting federal preferences for the conduct of elections,» they wrote in the lawsuit.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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1. “Vamos a destruir sus misiles y arrasar su industria armamentística. Quedará totalmente aniquilada de nuevo.”
2. “Vamos a aniquilar su armada.”
3. “Nos aseguraremos de que los grupos terroristas afines a la región ya no puedan desestabilizar la región ni el mundo»
4. “Y nos aseguraremos de que Irán no obtenga un arma nuclear. Es un mensaje muy sencillo. Nunca tendrán un arma nuclear.”
5. “Finalmente, al gran y orgulloso pueblo de Irán, les digo esta noche que la hora de su libertad está cerca. «
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