Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this year.

Iran executed at least 1,639 people last year, the highest number recorded there since 1989, two non-governmental organisations say.

The total represents an increase of 68% compared to 2024, when 975 executions were recorded, according to a report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (EPCM).

Most of those hanged were convicted of drug-related offences or murder, they say. But at least 57 were convicted of security-related charges, including two protesters.

The NGOs warn that Iranian authorities could use executions even more extensively this year in the wake of January’s protests and the war against the US and Israel.

  • leoj@piefed.zipEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    funny the time some people seem to have, and how it magically appears and disappears…hmmmm… I’ll leave the speculation on motivation to brighter bulbs than my own…