Iran hangs three men convicted of killing police during January protests as Trump threatens to destroy Iran's South Pars gas field. Iranian missile strikes kill three Palestinian women in the West Bank. Full live updates.
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| Security personnel stand guard in front of a banner with an image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his father Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File | Photo Credit: Reuters |
Iran Executes Three Over January Unrest as Trump Threatens South Pars Gas Field Strike
The Iran-Israel conflict deepened dramatically on Thursday as Iran carried out its first officially confirmed executions tied to recent domestic unrest, while U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Tehran over missile attacks threatening Qatar's energy infrastructure.
Iran Hangs Three Convicted of Killing Police in January Protests
Iran executed three men on Thursday morning convicted of killing police officers and conducting what authorities described as operations in support of Israel and the United States during protests that erupted across the country in January.
Iran's judiciary confirmed the hangings through its official Mizan Online website, stating: the three were convicted on charges of murder and operational actions in favour of the Zionist regime and the United States.
The executions mark the first officially announced deaths resulting from judicial proceedings tied to the wave of unrest that swept through Iran in late December and into January — a period authorities have referred to as the "Dey unrest," using the name of the Iranian calendar month.
Human rights organisations had previously warned that dozens of protesters faced capital charges following their arrests during the demonstrations.
Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran's South Pars Gas Field
The executions came as U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Tehran, threatening to order the destruction of Iran's South Pars gas field — one of the largest natural gas reserves in the world — if Iranian attacks on Qatar's energy facilities continued.
Trump confirmed via his Truth Social platform that Israel had conducted strikes on the South Pars field, while distancing Washington from the operation, stating that the U.S. "knew nothing" of the Israeli attack.
Iran subsequently retaliated by launching a missile strike against Qatar's Ras Laffan facility, a critical hub for global liquefied natural gas supply. The attack immediately rattled international energy markets and drew sharp diplomatic condemnation.
South Pars, shared between Iran and Qatar beneath the Persian Gulf, is the world's largest natural gas field. Any sustained military campaign targeting the site would have severe consequences for global energy prices and regional stability.
Iranian Missiles Kill Three Palestinian Women in the West Bank
In a development that marked a grim new chapter in the conflict, Iranian missile attacks claimed the lives of three Palestinian women in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Falling shrapnel struck a hair salon in Beit Awa, a town near Hebron, killing the three women in what is believed to be the first Palestinian civilian deaths caused by Iranian fire since the current war in West Asia began.
A foreign worker in central Israel was also killed in the same wave of Iranian strikes, Israeli medics confirmed on Thursday.
The deaths drew immediate grief and confusion from Palestinian communities, who found themselves caught in the crossfire of a conflict between two foreign powers playing out over their occupied land.
A Conflict Expanding Beyond Borders
What began as a direct confrontation between Iran and Israel has now drawn in multiple regional actors, threatened global energy supplies, and increasingly placed civilians — including Palestinians with no stake in the fight — in mortal danger.
With Trump's warnings growing louder, Tehran showing no signs of pulling back, and executions signalling a domestic crackdown intensifying in parallel, the situation remains extraordinarily volatile.
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