washington - Iran carried out 142 executions in May, marking the highest number of people put to death in one month in the country since 2015, a rights
TEHRAN Iran on Saturday hanged Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for “terrorism”, drawing condemnation from Sweden, in the Islamic republic’s latest use of the death penalty against dual nationals.Chaab had been held in Iran since October 2020 after he vanished during a visit to Turkey before going on trial in Tehran, which does not recognise dual nationality.Convicted