This is The Guardian.

Today, Voices from Iran's death row.

Just before we start, this episode does contain graphic descriptions of executions.

This is the voice of a 23-year-old Kurdish political prisoner in Iran, accused of spying for Israel.

I am Laseer Bakrazadeh, he says, and you're hearing my voice from Omea's central prison.

In a message recorded down a prison phone line, he says he was arrested three years ago.

From that day onwards, as he puts it, my parents have been dying every day,

and the pain of separation and longing has been crushing them.

Nassar's message is a desperate one, because he knows time is running out.

He says it might be the last time anyone hears his voice, because his death sentence has just

been confirmed.

And the thing that seems to weigh on him most, how can he tell his fiancé what's about to happen to him?

Under the cover of war, Iran's regime is executing political prisoners at an unprecedented rate.

In the last six weeks, 18 political prisoners and protesters have been killed by the state.

In his message, Nasser begs for help, but he also issues a warning.

Today is my turn, but tomorrow it will be someone else's.

As the world agonizes about oil prices and stalled negotiations, inside Iran, the regime is sending a message to its people.

We are still in control.

From the Guardian, I'm Annie Kelly.

Today in Focus.

Iran's wartime executions.

Daniel Woffer, you're the Guardian's chief reporter, and you have been speaking to the families of political prisoners who have been executed in the past month. What has that been like? And what did they tell you? Yeah, no, it's

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