Iran executed a “staggering” total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said yesterday.
The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up about 43 percent from 2022.
It marked only the second time in two decades that more than 800 executions were recorded in a year, after 972 executions in 2015, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said in the joint report.
“Of particular concern is the dramatic escalation in the number of drug-related executions in 2023, which rose to 471 people, more than 18 times higher than the figures recorded in 2020,” the report said.
Members of ethnic minorities, notably the Sunni Baluch from the southeast of Iran, are “grossly overrepresented amongst those executed” on drug-related charges, it said.
At least 167 members of the Baluch minority were executed in total, accounting for 20 percent of the total executions last year, even though the minority accounts for only about 5 percent of Iran’s population.
Saudi Arabia executed 100 people in 2023.
The United States executed 24 people in 2023.
@ISIDEWITH2mos2MO
Considering the sharp rise in drug-related executions in Iran, what is your stance on the death penalty as a deterrent for drug offenses?
@ISIDEWITH2mos2MO
How does knowing the execution numbers in Iran compare to those in the United States and Saudi Arabia shape your perspective on international justice systems?
@9KLMVGT2mos2MO
saudi arabia is a good country were friends with them and keep it that way
@ISIDEWITH2mos2MO
Does the significant increase in the number of executions in Iran compared to previous years affect your views on the death penalty?
@9KLN3ZH2mos2MO
Not really, I have always felt that the death penalty should exist for certain people
@9KLLZGB2mos2MO
Exterminate Iran Military Completely
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