Iran executed 'staggering total' of 834 people last year, rights groups say

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Iran Executed 834 People Last Year, Highest Since 2015: Rights Groups

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 Tuesday.

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Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups

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Iran executed at least 834 people in 2023, highest number since 2015: Report

Rights groups on Tuesday (Mar 5) released a report on all executions that took place in Iran in 2023. The report reveals that the number was highest since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic Republic.  Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) released a report, stating that executions by hanging in Iran were up some 43 per cent in 2022.  In 2015, a total of 972 executions were c

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Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups

PARIS: 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 Tuesday. The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up some 43 percent on 2022. It marked only the second time in two decades that over 800 executions were recorded in a year, after 972 executions in 2015, Norway-based Ira…

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Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023

Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death.