What to know about the Iran war:
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said the U.S. “was unable to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation” during the first round of peace negotiations “and now it must decide whether it can earn our trust or not.”
Vice President JD Vance told reporters an agreement wasn’t reached during marathon face-to-face talks between U.S. officials and Iranian and Pakistani negotiators in Islamabad. He said the Iranians “have chosen not to accept our terms.”
President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
1:55 AM / April 13, 2026
Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, most since 1989: NGOs
Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two non-governmental organizations said Monday, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in January and the war against Israel and the U.S.
The number of executions represented an increase of 68 percent from the 975 people Iran put to death in 2024 and included 48 women who were hanged, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said in their annual joint report.
If the Islamic Republic “survives the current crisis, there is a serious risk that executions will be used even more extensively as a tool of oppression and repression,” the report said.
IHR — which requires two sources to confirm an execution, the majority of which are not reported in Iranian official media — said the figure represented an “absolute minimum” for the number of hangings in 2025.
The figure amounted to an average of more than four executions per day.
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.
The NGOs also warned that “hundreds of detained protesters remain at risk of death sentences and execution” after being charged with capital crimes over January 2026 protests against the authorities — quashed by a crackdown that rights groups say left thousands dead and tens of thousands arrested.
“By creating fear through an average of four to five executions per day in 2025, authorities tried to prevent new protests and prolong their crumbling rule,” said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.
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