Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops board a plane during a drill, at an airport in Rasht in northern Iran, to Kermanshah in western Iran, in this photo released on Jan. 5, 2025. (Hossein ...
"It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year," said Volker Turk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
A Frenchman held in Iran since October 2022 on Monday revealed his identity in an audio message broadcast on a French radio station, saying he was becoming increasingly exhausted over his ordeal.