More than 600 people have been executed by Iran so far this year, already the highest figure in eight years with two months of 2023 still to go, a rights group said on Friday.
According to AFP, IHR and others have accused Iran of using capital punishment as a means to instill fear in the wake of women-led protests that swept the country for several months from September last year. “Silence is indirect consent to these crimes,” he added, noted that Iran became chair of the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum earlier this week.
Activists have expressed dismay over the surging numbers of drug-related executions which have risen in recent years after previously falling due to amendments in Iran’s criminal code.
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