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UN rights chief warns Iran has executed at least 56 people since March, igniting worldwide concern over a surge in public hangings.
Iran has publicly executed two men convicted over January protests in Isfahan despite urgent warnings from United Nations experts.
Iran executes two young men in Shiraz for offering medical help to fleeing anti-regime protesters, according to recent media reports.
Iran is accelerating the execution of political prisoners and protest detainees amidst an active state of war with the United States.