Iran

The US attacks on Iran have backfired horribly – but a path to peace is still possible | Simon Tisdall

Executions by a vengeful regime in Tehran are soaring. The west must pursue a different strategyHanging is the preferred method of execution in Iran, although stoning and crucifixion offer alternative options for an ever-vengeful theocracy. Death by hanging is not necessarily quick. Strangulation and suffocation can take several minutes. The UN says more than 600 people have been judicially murdered so far this year. Iran has more executions per capita than any country in the world. Since June’s US and Israeli attacks, growing numbers of victims are political dissidents.Fifty days on, nothing…