{"id":2598465,"date":"2026-05-04T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-reveals-new-executions-after-trump-praise-for-halting-killings\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:26:46","slug":"iran-reveals-new-executions-after-trump-praise-for-halting-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-reveals-new-executions-after-trump-praise-for-halting-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran reveals new executions after Trump praise for halting killings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-reveals-new-executions-after-trump-praise-for-halting-killings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran has carried out more executions of protesters and other individuals this past weekend, according to Iranian media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-call-for-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympic-winter-games\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games\">human-rights groups<\/a>, including at least six protesters and additional men accused of crimes such as alleged intelligence cooperation with Israel and participation in a 2022 uprising.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations come after President Donald Trump repeatedly urged Iran not to carry out executions, saying his intervention stopped hundreds of hangings earlier and praised Iran\u2019s reported halt of executions of several women amid U.S.-Iran efforts.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Washington and Tehran are escalating tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-seizes-chinese-oil-tanker-raising-questions-about-the-two-countries-alliance\/\" title=\"... Seizes Chinese Oil Tanker, Raising Questions About The Two Countries&#039; Alliance\">critical shipping route<\/a> for global oil. The article notes that U.S. efforts to reopen or secure passage for vessels include an escort operation (\u201cProject Freedom\u201d) backed by military resources, while Iran warns that foreign armed forces approaching the strait will be attacked.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iranian<\/a> executions picked up over the weekend, despite President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> plea for the regime to stop killing protesters. <\/p>\n<p>Tehran executed at least six protesters amid the country\u2019s dispute with the United States, particularly over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4553264\/russia-tightens-security-putin-fear-assassination-attempts\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia tightens security around Putin over fear of assassination attempts: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4552897\/cargo-ship-attack-strait-of-hormuz-iran-proposal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cargo ship reports attack near Strait of Hormuz after latest Iran peace proposal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4552496\/uk-starmer-blame-antisemitic-attack-palestine-march-rhetoric\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UK\u2019s Starmer blames antisemitic attack on pro-Palestine marches and rhetoric<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4553239\/centcom-denies-iran-claim-damage-us-warship-strait-of-hormuz\/\">CENTCOM DENIES IRAN\u2019S CLAIM IT DAMAGED US WARSHIP IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Iranian media announced on Monday that three men who demonstrated against the government in December 2025 and January were hanged, naming them as Mehdi Rassouli, Mohammad Reza Miri, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/january-protests-ebrahim-dowlatabadi-nejad-executed\/\">Ebrahim Dolatabadi<\/a>. Another three men were executed by the regime, likely on Saturday, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/kurdistanhumanrights.org\/en\/news\/2026\/05\/04\/iran-secretly-executes-kurdish-political-prisoner-mehrab-abdollahzadeh-in-orumiyeh\">according to <\/a>the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. Iranian media said Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were guilty of intelligence \u200ccooperation \u2060with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel <\/a>near the Natanz nuclear site in central \u2060Isfahan province. Mehrab Abdollahzadeh was executed for his involvement in a 2022 nationwide uprising against the Iranian government. <\/p>\n<p>The development comes after Trump has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4418849\/iran-promises-trump-not-hang-protesters\/\">repeatedly called on Iran<\/a> not to execute residents critical of the government. In January, the president said his intervention saved over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4422173\/iran-halting-executions-big-impact-delay-us-military-action-trump\/\">800 protesters <\/a>from being murdered. In late April, he praised Iran for halting the executions of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4538750\/trump-celebrates-stopping-execution-eight-iranian-women\/\">eight women<\/a>. The halt came as Iranian negotiators engaged in peace talks with their U.S. counterparts centered on a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, which sparked on Feb. 28. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018If you hang those people, you\u2019re going to be hit harder than you\u2019ve ever been hit,\u2019\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trump-armada-iran-death-toll-protest-crackdown-executions-rcna255547\">told reporters<\/a> on Air Force One. \u201cAnd an hour before this horrible event, they canceled it.\u2026 I stopped 837 hangings on Thursday, would have been dead, every one of them, mostly young men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president said Friday that hostilities with Iran have been \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551801\/trump-congress-60th-day-iran-conflict-hostilities-terminated\/\">terminated<\/a>.\u201d The Trump administration\u2019s peace negotiations with the country <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4552657\/trump-latest-iran-proposal-says-wont-accept\/\">are ongoing <\/a>and centered largely on concerns about Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-steve-witkoff-iran-enriched-uranium-11-nuclear-bombs\/\">nuclear program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Graphic by Grace Hagerman\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But more executions in Iran were revealed over the weekend, as tensions between Washington and Tehran blew up over the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>Much of the world\u2019s oil supply flows through the water passageway, which borders Iran and connects to the Persian Gulf. The channel essentially closed during the Iran war, as Tehran sought to project dominance over the region, intimidating oil tankers and other vessels from passing through the area, and unleashing historic turmoil in the global energy market. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4552657\/trump-latest-iran-proposal-says-wont-accept\/\">TRUMP TO REVIEW LATEST IRAN PROPOSAL, BUT \u2018CAN\u2019T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tiny channel has begun to reopen in recent weeks, and Trump announced on Sunday further measures to ensure the safe passage of backlogged vessels through the area. <\/p>\n<p>Project Freedom refers to an initiative in which the U.S. will escort stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, starting \u201cMonday morning, Middle East time.\u201d U.S. Central Command said it would support the action with 15,000 personnel, guided-missile destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft. Iran responded to Trump\u2019s latest action by promising that \u201cany <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >foreign armed \u2060forces<\/a>, especially the aggressive U.S. Army, will be attacked if they intend to approach and enter the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran increased executions over weekend despite Trump\u2019s plea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2598466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26123749016257.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39043,6018,36930,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2598465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capital-punishment","tag-executions","tag-human-rights","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26123749016257.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598469,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598465\/revisions\/2598469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}