The title is misleading, but its true that the fascists want to execute some so called leaders on fake charges like "Waging war with god"[0] or "Corruption on Earth"[1]. As one of the recent sentences you can look at [2],[3]. This is not unprecedented unfortunately, and one of their tactic to maintain/restore the fear they project to the society to keep the power.
[0] حکم محاربه [1] حکم فساد فی الارض
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirabah#Iran
[2] https://twitter.com/drninaansary/status/1590525645590667264 > Kurdish rapper #SamanYasin accused of "enmity against God" for supporting protests against the regime in #Iran has been sentenced to death by Judge Salavati known as the "Judge of Death." Salavati has been sanctioned by the U.S. & EU for human rights violations.
It's always worth checking the bylines on Newsweek articles and trying to trace back where the writers came from. For awhile, most of the Newsweek stories I saw were written by people with SEO backgrounds, not journalists. (You might reasonably be fine with this, too, but the branding is misleading).