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Iran's Executions Continue After Rouhani's Reelection
(Foundation for Defense of Democracy) Tzvi Kahn - Iran has executed at least 20 people since President Hassan Rouhani's reelection on May 19. This grim statistic offers continuity with his first term in office, which saw some 3,000 executions. It also suggests that Rouhani - notwithstanding his reputation as a moderate - remains unwilling or unable to reverse the regime's most egregious domestic abuses.