Two human rights groups said on Thursday that Iran executed at least 975 people in the “terrible increase” of capital punishment last year, two human rights groups said on Thursday.
The Norway -based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the French Group said together against the Death Penalty (ECPM) that the figure was the highest as IHR started recording execution in Iran in 2008.
The figure suggests a terrible increase in the use of death penalty by the Islamic Republic in 2024, “he said in a joint report,” Iran accused of using the death penalty as “the central tool of political oppression”.
IHR director Mahmud Amir-Mogadam said, “These execution are part of the war of the Islamic Republic.
“The threat of war between Iran and Israel increased,” an average of five people were killed every single day in the last three months of the year. ,
The report said last year’s figures represented an increase of 17 percent on 834 execution recorded in 2023.
Out of 975 people executed, four people were publicly hanged and 31 women were the highest figure for the last 17 years.
The human rights groups, which say Iran is the world’s most vast executioner after China, accused the authorities of using the death sentence to extinguish the fear among the public, especially in 2022 following nationwide protests.
The 1979 revolution remains a major pillar of the Sharia-based judicial system, which was removed by Western-backed Shah.
Death -punished offenses include murder, rape and drug offenders, but also include more vague words such as “corruption on earth” and “rebellion”, which activists say that are used against dissidents.
In recent years, hanging, mostly in prison yard but sometimes publicly executed, although other methods remain on law books.
Consideration of protests
Two of the last year’s execution were in connection with nationwide protests, which were exploded in September 2022 after the death of Maha Amini, an Iranian-Kurd woman arrested for alleged violation of Iran’s compulsory dress code.
23 -year -old Mohammad Ghobadalu was killed in January 2024 during a protest in October 2022 for murder of a police officer with a car. Human rights groups alleged that their test was deeply faulty, the judges ignored the evidence submitted by the defense that they suffered from suffering that they had to face rescue that they had to face rescue that they had to face rescue Rescue has faced that he has faced the defense. From bipolar disorder.
34 -year -old Gholamereza Rasai was secretly killed in August on charges of killing a revolutionary guard during a 2022 protest. The activists said that their confession was obtained by torture.
Rights groups stated that there was evidence that Iran would have executed more last year that they were unable to confirm their report.
He said that there were reports of additional 39 execution in 2024 that he was unable to confirm through other sources.
Already this year, Iran has performed at least 121 at least 121 according to the IHR count.
The French Foreign Ministry called upon Iran to discontinue all execution, which was “described as a symbol of all those who visited all those who expressed valid aspirations for the freedom of Iranian people. Dare “.
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