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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak labelled the Iranian regime as “barbaric” earlier today, just hours after it emerged that British national Alireza Akbari was executed in Tehran.
But most don't know the full extent of Iran's brutal and horrific execution and torture methods, of which Mr Akbari – formerly the country's defence minister – had hinted of suffering from since he was arrested in 2019 under charges of spying for the UK.
According to local news outlet Mizan, Mr Akbari was barbarically hanged after being forced into confession to the crime on camera.
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It has been estimated by human rights' groups that, since the start of 2022, around 500 people have been killed by Iran's leadership – second only to China.
Hangings are either done in public or private, and are inflicted on children as young as 12, with the body horrifyingly left to dangle for hours.
Hangings can take place on a variety of different structures – not just the traditional gallows, which is bad enough.
Images have come out of the country in recent years of hangings taking place on building cranes, lampposts and bridges.
Some of those hanged go through horrific torture before the final moment.
According to several reports, torture includes electric shock treatment, slicing off fingers, and even tongues being chopped off.
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Iran's morality police are normally the ones to either carry out the acts, or at least catch the “criminals”.
Speaking to the BBC last year, one former morality officer said: “They told us the reason we are working for the morality police units is to protect women. Because if they do not dress properly, then men could get provoked and harm them.
"It's weird, because if we are just going to guide people why do we need to pick somewhere busy that potentially means we could arrest more people? It's like we are going out for a hunt.
"They expect us to force them inside the van. Do you know how many times I was in tears while doing it? I want to tell them I am not one of them. Most of us are ordinary soldiers going through our mandatory military service. I feel so bad.”
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Mr Akbari had claimed in recent audio clips that he had been interrogated and tortured for around “3,500 hours”.
He said: “With more than 3,500 hours of torture, psychedelic drugs, and physiological and psychological pressure methods, they took away my will.
“They drove me to the brink of madness… and forced me to make false confessions by force of arms and death threats.
“They would tell me: 'If you resist, we will send you to the dark cells of Evin prison where you'll face an interrogator with a whip.”
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that the execution will “not stand unchallenged”.
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