Iran Executions Reach Highest Level Since 2015, Rights Monitors Say

 April 13, 2023

• By AFP
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A photo obtained from the Iranian Mizan news agency on December 12 shows the public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard in Iran's Mashhad city, the second capital punishment linked to nearly three months of protests.

Iran saw a “dramatic surge” in executions in 2022, human rights groups reported on April 13. Tehran executed at least 582 people last year, the highest figure since 2015, according to a report by the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and France’s Together Against The Death Penalty. IHR’s director said international condemnation was restraining Tehran but added that Iran continues using executions to intimidate the public amid a major surge in anti-government protests since the death in custody of a young woman last September. To read the original story by AFP, click here.

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