As seven protesters and dissidents in Iran face imminent execution after four men were reported to have been secretly and arbitrarily executed within 24 hours, Amnesty International on Tuesday called for global intervention and an immediate halt to all scheduled executions in the country.

The organization reported that the executions are tied to Iran’s ongoing crackdown on nationwide protests that began in late 2025. Iranian authorities have increasingly relied on capital charges such as moharebeh (“waging war against God”) and baghi (“armed rebellion against the state”). Footage and eyewitness reporting have also shown a sustained security presence around protest sites, with authorities moving quickly to detain individuals in coordinated sweeps.

Three men held by Iranian authorities were reportedly executed without prior notice to families or lawyers, and in some cases authorities withheld the return of bodies. The executed individuals had been held in Ghezel Hesar Prison before being transferred to undisclosed locations, after which officials refused to reveal their condition or whereabouts. 

Reports have suggested that convictions in these cases have been secured through confessions later retracted as products of torture. Defendants reported beatings, flogging, prolonged solitary confinement, and threats of death at gunpoint. Trials were described as brief, lasting only a few hours, with no meaningful access to legal representation and no investigation into allegations of coercion. Courts nonetheless relied on these confessions as central evidence.

Amnesty maintained that the death penalty in these circumstances constitutes a violation of the right to life and amounts to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. The group urged governments and international bodies to intervene immediately to stop further executions and to pressure Iran toward a moratorium.