Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reports
Iran has hanged 18 political prisoners during the last six weeks.
Chief reporter Dan Boffey tells the stories of some of the condemned and their families, describing a system of vague charges, unfair trials, and a whole judicial process rushed through under the cover of war. It is as though, he tells Annie Kelly, the regime is letting the Iranian people know it is still in control, despite the US-Israeli strikes and the death of so many in the leadership.
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