Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in January
Based on the registered statistics on the Center for Statistics and Documentation of Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), and thru in depth analysis performed on this discipline, the ultimate figures of executions in January 2024 have been obtained. It needs to be emphasised that the precise numbers are considerably increased, as most executions in Iran are carried out secretly.
In January 2024, the statistics of executions in Iran have seen a big improve, with the Iranian judiciary executing 88 people. This marks a 39% progress in comparison with January 2023 when the Iranian regime executed 63 individuals, and a staggering 91% progress in comparison with January 2022 when 46 people had been executed. These calculations point out a disturbing upward pattern within the variety of executions in Iran, and the Iranian judiciary has employed a ruthless method in finishing up these executions, which is extremely regarding.
In the January 2024 report, we intend to discover the next points of executions:
- Execution of political prisoners
- Execution of girls
- Secret Executions and Publicly Announced Executions
Execution of political prisoners
In January 2024, the Iranian regime executed 7 political prisoners.
- In the early morning of Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the execution sentence of Davood Abdollahi, a Sunni prisoner, was carried out in Karaj’s Qezel Hesar Prison. He had endured greater than 13 years of imprisonment. The execution of Davood Abdollahi happened with out prior notification to his household.
- In the early morning of January 23, 2024, the demise sentence of the 23-year-old Mohammad Ghobadlou was carried out. He was the ninth protester of the nationwide protest of 2022, who was executed after an unfair trial. Mohammad Ghobadlou’s protection lawyer wrote on his Twitter account relating to the execution order: “There is not any authorized authorization for the execution of this sentence, and undoubtedly, it might be thought of homicide.”
- On the identical day, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Farhad Salimi, a Sunni political prisoner, was executed in Qezel Hesar jail in Karaj. Farhad Salimi from Saqqez was sentenced to demise on fees of “waging struggle on God” and “corruption on Earth.” In this fashion, in at some point, two political prisoners had been executed in Iran.
- Four Kurdish political prisoners Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, and Hajir Faramarzi, had been executed within the Qezel Hesar Prison of Karaj on Monday, January 29, 2024. These 4 political prisoners had been executed after an unfair authorized process with out the fitting to defend themselves. Four Kurdish political prisoners had been hanged on fees of collaborating with Israel.
Execution of girls
Last yr, Iran turned the most important executioner of girls on the earth by executing no less than 25 ladies in 2023. In 2022, Iran ranked first as the most important executioner of girls worldwide. Iran stays the main nation within the execution of girls worldwide.
Secret Executions and Publicly Announced Executions
In the primary month of 2024, 73 prisoners had been executed secretly and with out media protection, whereas solely 15 executions had been made public. Therefore, 82% of the executions in Iran had been carried out secretly. Consequently, it’s evident that the numbers and figures of executions are considerably increased in Iran, however sadly, they don’t attain unbiased media retailers because of the silence surrounding them.
Call on International Human Rights Authorities
The Iran Human Rights Monitor (IranHRM) calls upon the United Nations, the European Union, and their member states to not stay silent within the face of those executions. It condemns these state-sanctioned massacres and calls for fast and sensible motion to cease this bloodshed.
We additionally request the United Nations to cancel the go to of Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, to Iran. This is as a result of the Iranian regime can be utilizing this go to to justify and perpetuate its repression, executions, and crimes towards humanity in Iran.