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IIran executed 975 people in 2024 in 'horrifying escalation' of death penalty, damning report says
Iran executed as many as 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of the use of the death penalty, human rights groups claimed on Thursday.
A report released by Norway-based Iran Human Rights and France-based Together Against the Death Penalty said the number of executions was 17 per cent more than in 2023 and the highest in over a decade. There were at least 31 women and one child among those sent to the gallows for murder, rape and mostly drug charges last year, the report claimed.
The executed prisoners included protesters, Kurdish dissenters and foreigners, including 80 Afghan nationals.
Here are the report’s key highlights:
At least 975 people were executed in 2024, a 17 per cent increase compared to 834 in 2023. Only 95 executions, or less than 10 per cent, were officially announced.
A report released by Norway-based Iran Human Rights and France-based Together Against the Death Penalty said the number of executions was 17 per cent more than in 2023 and the highest in over a decade. There were at least 31 women and one child among those sent to the gallows for murder, rape and mostly drug charges last year, the report claimed.
The executed prisoners included protesters, Kurdish dissenters and foreigners, including 80 Afghan nationals.
Here are the report’s key highlights:
At least 975 people were executed in 2024, a 17 per cent increase compared to 834 in 2023. Only 95 executions, or less than 10 per cent, were officially announced.
More at the link.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-execution-rights-group-death-penalty-b2701439.html