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However, last year saw the highest number of recorded executions in the Islamic Republic for 36 years, with an average of four per day, according to the report by IHR and EPCM.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Washington and Tehran were unable to agree during the 21-hour discussion on demands for the Islamic Republic to dismantle its nuclear program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The report said the number of executions was by far the highest since IHR began tracking it in 2008, and was the most reported since 1989, in the earlier years of the Islamic revolution.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s small, fast-attack boats hold sway in the strategic waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
I’m the first of fifteen students competing, since each participating Islamic school program entered five top contestants.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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