Seifeddin Mehraban, Namegh Kasravi, Saeed Amjadi, Rahim Mirzazadeh, Ebrahim Abbasi

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Student Gatherings, Warning from the Head of the Judiciary, and the Continuation of Arrests

Protester Whose Killing Authorities Falsely Attributed to Drugs

A former senior judge of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has sharply criticised the Taliban’s newly issued penal code, saying it contradicts core principles of Islamic law and risks turning Afghanistan into an object of criticism and ridicule across the Muslim world.

Iraq announced on February 9, 2026 that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein had been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shia cleric.