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Tehran, Iran Iran’s judiciary has vowed to take “prompt” action against people it says are working for foreign interests as it reports widespread killings and confiscation of property.
Law enforcement and security officials said they would “take strong action against merciless enemies to the last”, according to a television report broadcast late on Monday.
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The report came hours after law enforcement officials killed three men arrested in the northeastern city of Mashhad during international protests in January, which officials called a “coup” led by the United States and Israel.
State media reported what it described as a confession to the men, who have been called “supporters” of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and “terrorist leaders” by authorities. The report said that these people have engaged in anti-government activities by using knives and swords against Basij soldiers and destroying people’s property.
An increasing number of prisoners have been hanged in recent weeks, especially since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran on February 28. The execution coincides with anti-establishment protests, which thousands of people were killed amid government-imposed internet shutdowns.
In Isfahan last week, 21-year-old Sasan Azadvar was killed for “collaborating with the enemy” in actions that included, according to the judges, “attacking a minibus carrying security forces with stones and clubs and smashing the windows of government buses and public cars”.
Officials stressed that although the judicial process was accelerated for those arrested as a result of the protests, the cases are still legal and the executions are carried out after a hearing by the judges of the Supreme Court.
Human rights groups and critics of Iran’s government say prisoners are not given fair trials and their families are pressured to keep quiet about the arrests and executions, which Iranian authorities deny.
Several prisoners have also been executed after being found guilty of espionage in Israel and other national security charges. Security violations can result in a person being sentenced to moharebeh, or “fighting God”, and other sentences that carry the death penalty.
Earlier this week, two men were hanged for sending photos of weapons to the Mossad, trying to recruit others to carry out the attacks and calling on security officials with false tactics to discredit them.
Several members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a foreign group considered “terrorists” by Iranian authorities, have also been killed in recent weeks.
International human rights organizations reported that Iranian officials in 2025 and 2026 were hanged since 1989 while political dissidents and members of the MEK received more punishments.
A report by Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty last month said that at least 1,639 people were recorded in 2025, which was 68 percent more than the previous year.
The United Nations confirmed at the end of April that since the start of this year’s war, at least 21 people have been killed and more than 4,000 have been arrested on charges related to national security. Iranian officials have not commented on the figures.
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Iranian officials too they confiscated private property Iranians inside and outside the country based on what they consider to be anti-establishment sentiments.
The latest such move was announced on Tuesday morning when a judge announced that authorities in the Semnan district, east of Tehran, seized the property of 22 “terrorists and people who are affiliated with the Zionist government (Israel) and hostile countries”.
During the maritime security imposed by the US, which has aggravated the economic problems in Iran, the authorities have also warned that they will take action against any interference, such as confiscation of goods, and threaten imprisonment of up to 20 years, whipping and fines for anyone found guilty.
The head of the law Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei also warned that those who stockpile, raise prices or sell expired products will face “severe” legal action.
Prices it has increased this week throughout the country, mainly food, medicine, automobiles and electronic equipment. And there are difficult times in the future with no sign of stability in the conflict with the US and Israel even if the end is permanent.
“The current price levels are unacceptable. The increase in prices is due to the chaos of war and sanctions,” the head of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnasser Hemmati, said on Tuesday. “But people need not worry because their resistance is working and, God willing, victory will be achieved soon.”
