Iran's rulers are carrying out one of the most visible and deadly crackdowns in decades, with mass arrests, political trials, and executions surging at an alarming pace.

Stephen Rapp, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large in the office of Global Criminal Justice, tells CBN News the Iranian regime isn't just cracking down with arrests or beatings. It's using executions to silence dissent, with the numbers rising fast after the recent war with Israel.

"There are thousands of political prisoners, and they could charge them with these phony charges and begin mass executions, really, judicial murders of peaceful opponents," Rapp told CBN News.

Human rights advocates say the scale is staggering. In 2023, Iran executed more than 850 people. The following year, the toll rose to 975. Now, just seven m

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