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Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaqoubi, who were charged in the case referred to as "Isfahan House," were executed on the morning of May 19. Read about their story in our latest Human Rights Tracker.

The Islamic Republic of Iran continues targeting protesters who took to the streets after the regime murdered a young Iranian-Kurdish woman for failing to cover her hair.

Three Iranian men arrested while protesting the death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have been executed.

Tehran is using capital punishment to crack down on and deter dissent, rights groups say, amid a spate of executions in 2023.

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Three jailed Iranian protesters who fear their execution is imminent have appealed to the public for support in a handwritten note saying, "Don't let them kill us." 

Rights groups are calling on the international community to prevent the execution of three protesters who were reportedly forced into confessions.

The Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, on May 18 approved in the final reading a bill legalizing elections planned for later this year on Ukrainian territories that Moscow took over in its ongoing invasion.

Russia's oil revenues have suffered a marked decline since Western countries slapped a price cap on Russian crude as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said on May 18.

Veteran Russian rock musician Boris Grebenshchikov, who currently resides out of Russia, has been charged with discrediting Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.