Political uncertainty has become the defining characteristic of Iran’ regime. Internal power struggles, conflicting signals over negotiations with the West, mounting economic crises, and growing public dissatisfaction have created a political system that appears increasingly unstable. Yet amid this volatility, one state policy has remained remarkably consistent: the systematic use of executions, judicial intimidation, and repression to preserve the regime’s survival.

The recent message issued by Mojtaba Khamenei, the regime’s new supreme leader, to mark the regime’s “Judiciary Week,” followed almost immediately by Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s pledge of complete loyalty, offered another reminder that the regime’s leadership views repression not as a temporary response to crisis but as the central pillar of its governing strategy.

Executions Continue Despite Religious Rhetoric

Even during the holy month of Muharram—a period in which regime officials publicly invoke themes of mourning and justice—the machinery of execution has shown no sign of slowing.

According to recent reports, prisoners were executed in Sari, Ahvaz, Qom, Kermanshah, Semnan, Yasuj, and Gorgan in just a matter of days. Behind each execution lies another family forced into grief, adding to the thousands already devastated by decades of state violence.

This pattern exposes a familiar contradiction. While the regime attempts to portray itself as a guardian of religious values and compassion, it continues to employ capital punishment as one of its primary instruments of political control and social intimidation.

Torture Remains Embedded in the Judicial System

The continuation of executions coincided with the observance of June 26, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated by countries that have committed themselves to the prohibition of torture under international law.

Iran’s regime, however, remains one of the governments most consistently accused of employing both physical and psychological torture against prisoners.

Recent reports illustrate the human cost of this policy. In Evin Prison, authorities recently fabricated a new case against PMOI supporters Shiva Esmaeili and Elaheh Fouladi, sentencing them to an additional six months behind bars for “insulting the........

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