The Iraqi authorities executed today for hanging 10 citizens of the country convicted of terrorist crimes, sources of security and health services reported.
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29/09/2026
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Lusa
Uma health authority said that the medical-legal service of the province of Dhi Qar received the bodies of 10 Iraqis “condemned for terrorist crimes and hanged” in the prison of Al-Hout, in the city of Nassiriya, in the south of the country.
A source of security services confirmed the 10 executions.
The arrest of Al-Hout, located in Nassiriya, houses numerous convictions for terrorism-related crimes, including persons sentenced to death under Iraqi anti-terrorist legislation.
Iraq maintains the death penalty, applied mainly in cases relating to terrorism and murder, despite repeated appeals from international human rights organisations to the authorities to suspend executions.
The number of death sentences increased particularly following the war against the extremist Islamic State (EI) group, which came to control vast areas of Iraqi territory after the offensive launched in 2014.
The Iraqi authorities claim that sentences are handed down after judicial proceedings and that the death penalty remains provided for in national law for the most serious crimes.