As global attention focused on Iran’s latest presidential election and its potential impact on the country’s foreign policy and nuclear program, one reality within the country remained unchanged: the execution chambers. Though not new to Iran’s domestic politics, the use of capital punishment has drawn renewed international scrutiny since the establishment brutally suppressed the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising. Many protesters arrested during the movement were sent to the gallows despite widespread global condemnation. In May 2023, as the final embers of the uprising still flickered, The…