Fearing the eruption of another nationwide uprising, Iran’s ruling religious dictatorship has drastically accelerated its machinery of execution and death. Rather than a display of power, this relentless wave of state-sanctioned killings exposes a fractured regime deeply terrified of the people, particularly a rebellious generation determined to overthrow it. The daily acceleration of these killings is a desperate attempt to prevent the explosion of public anger.

The sheer volume of recent hangings reveals the regime’s desperation. In the Iranian month of Khordad (May 22 – June 21, 2026), the regime executed at least 134 prisoners. The killing spree reached horrific peaks: over a four-day span from Saturday, June 13 to Tuesday, June 16, at least 31 prisoners were sent to the gallows, averaging one execution every three hours. Among those executed during this four-day period were........

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