Iran’s wartime executions

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2026-04-30

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Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Today, voices from Iran's death row.

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  • Just before we start, this episode does contain graphic descriptions of executions.

  • This is the voice of a 23-year-old Kurdish political prisoner in Iran, accused of spying for Israel.

  • I am Naseya Bakrzadeh, he says, and you're hearing my voice from Omir Central Prison.

  • In a message recorded down a prison phone line, he says he was arrested three years ago.

  • From that day onwards, as he puts it, my parents have been dying every day,

  • and the pain of separation and longing has been crushing them.

  • Nasser's message is a desperate one, because he knows time is running out.

  • He says it might be the last time anyone hears his voice, because his death sentence has just been confirmed.

  • And the thing that seems to weigh on him most.

  • How can he tell his fiancée what's about to happen to him?