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Rights Groups Condemn 'Horrifying Wave' Of Executions In Iran

Summary by Ground News

If executions continue at this horrifying pace, they will soon surpass the total of 314 executions recorded for the whole of 2021. 146 of the people executed in 2022 were convicted of murder and at least 86 other people were executed for drug-related offenses. Mass executions have been carried out in prisons across Iran, with up to a dozen people executed at a time.

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NDTV

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