Iran executes six prisoners accused of carrying out attacks on behalf of Israel amid record-high wave of death penalties in 2025. Dubai: On Saturday, Iran executed six death-row prisoners accused of orchestrating attacks in the country's oil-rich southwestern region on behalf of Israel. Separately, Iran executed another inmate accused of murdering a Sunni cleric in 2009 in Kurdistan province, alongside other offenses. The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran estimate that over 1,000 executions have occurred in 2025 alone, though the true figure may be higher due to incomplete reporting by Iranian authorities. United Nations independent human rights experts have also condemned Iran’s execution practices.