According to a research revealed by the Paris-based group Together Against the Death Penalty and the Norwegian Human Rights Group, Iran has by no means carried out greater than 800 executions in a 12 months. This is the second time in 20 years. , following 972 circumstances in 2015.
Iran carried out a complete of at the least 834 “staggering” executions final 12 months, the best since 2015, two human rights teams mentioned on Tuesday, as capital punishment will increase within the Islamic Republic.
Iran has executed extra folks by hanging lately than in 2022, a rise of about 43%.
According to a research revealed by the Paris-based group Together Against the Death Penalty and the Norwegian Human Rights Group, Iran has by no means carried out greater than 800 executions in a 12 months. This is the second time in 20 years. , following 972 circumstances in 2015.
“Instilling social worry is the one option to preserve energy, and the loss of life penalty is its most vital device,” IHR Director-General Mahmoud Amiri Moghaddam mentioned within the report, including that the determine of 834 “This is an astonishing whole.”
According to human rights teams, Iran has executed 9 folks in incidents associated to assaults on safety forces throughout protests in 2022 (two in 2022, six in 2023, and one by 2024).
However, the loss of life penalty for different crimes, particularly drug-related circumstances, which had been on the decline till just lately, has been strengthened.
“Of specific concern is the dramatic improve within the variety of drug-related executions in 2023, rising to 471 folks, greater than 18 instances the quantity recorded in 2020,” the report mentioned. ing.
The report mentioned ethnic minorities, notably members of the Sunni Baluch tribe in southeastern Iran, “represented a big majority of these executed” for drug-related offences.
In whole, at the least 167 Baluch minorities have been executed, accounting for 20 p.c of the overall variety of executions in 2023, though the Baluch minority solely makes up about 5 p.c of Iran’s inhabitants.
“Wrong sign”
Most hangings in Iran happen in prisons, however the report exhibits that in 2023, the variety of hangings carried out in public locations in Iran will triple from 2022, with fewer hangings carried out in public locations. There have been seven folks.
At least 22 girls have been executed, the best quantity in a decade, based on the report.
Fifteen of them have been hanged for homicide, and NGOs have lengthy warned that ladies who kill abusive companions or family members danger being hanged.
In 2023, Iranian official media introduced solely 15% of recorded executions, and the IHR confirmed different executions with its personal sources.
Amily Moghaddam worries that the shortage of worldwide outrage over the executions, particularly with the give attention to the Gaza battle between Israel and Hamas, will solely encourage the Islamic Republic to hold out extra executions. expressed.