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EU Targets IRGC; Iran Grants Amnesty Amid Execution Surge

6/15/2026

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European Parliament added the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its terrorism list and banned Iranian diplomats.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei granted amnesty to 139 death-sentence prisoners and about 2,000 other detainees, excluding security offenses, ahead of Eid al-Ghadir.
Human-rights groups report Iran executed a record 1,639 detainees last year, highest since 1989, and accuse the government of using wartime conditions to suppress dissent.

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European Parliament added the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its terrorism list and banned Iranian diplomats.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei granted amnesty to 139 death-sentence prisoners and about 2,000 other detainees, excluding security offenses, ahead of Eid al-Ghadir.
Human-rights groups report Iran executed a record 1,639 detainees last year, highest since 1989, and accuse the government of using wartime conditions to suppress dissent.