Iran Mass Execution Says No To Nuclear Talks During Conflict As Un Urges Restraint

Four of the executions were carried out publicly Iran on wednesday hanged at least 29 convicts in a single day, including 26 in a group execution in one prison, a rights group said, a day after facing international condemnation for executing a. Iran carries out executions by hanging.

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran Mass Execution Says No To Nuclear Talks During Conflict As Un Urges Restraint

Human rights council hears alarming updates on executions in iran and global civic space crackdown 18 june 2025 human rights on the third day of the 59th session of the human rights council (hrc), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions in iran and the increasing repression of civic space around the world amid a wave of elections. The recording has grand ayatollah hossein ali montazeri condemning iran’s execution of thousands of prisoners at the end of the country’s bloody war with iraq in 1988 A new united nations report says that iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed

Wednesday 18 june 2025 22:52 bst.

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a horrifying escalation of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on thursday. At least 901 people were reportedly executed in iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in december, according to the un human rights chief. This surge represents the highest number of recorded executions in iran over at least the last 17 years Another troubling high was reached with the execution of at least 31 women, the most in over 17 years.

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, said amnesty international Official statements, confirming the mass executions of 1988 mass graves in 36 cities photographs and memoirs documents international condemnation of iran’s 1988 massacre a crime against humanity In the final days of july 1988, a massacre was orchestrated in the political prisons of iran. 20 executions in recent days, at least 748 executions during pezeshkian's term khamenei’s executioners hanged two prisoners, pouya askari and jafar fallah, on sunday, january 12, 2025, in arak and semnan

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Between july and september 1988, the iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed thousands of imprisoned political dissidents in secret and dumped their bodies, mostly in unmarked mass graves

Since then, the authorities have treated the killings as state secrets, tormenting the relatives by refusing to tell them how and why their loved ones were […] Four experts appointed by the un human rights council also strongly condemned the execution of mr They issued a statement urging iran to respect international law and stop the “horrific execution” of protestors Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah ruhollah khomeini issued a fatwa in july 1988 ordering the execution of imprisoned opponents, including those who had already been tried and were serving their prison terms

This was the beginning of what turned out to be the biggest massacre of political prisoners since world war ii. Between 1981 and 1986, more than 120,000 political prisoners fell victim to this method of execution Disturbingly, despite the passage of time, the same pattern of aggression and crime persists In november 1988, iran linked the event (mass executions) to battlefield casualties.

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran is facing a crisis of impunity that goes beyond the lack of accountability for the enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions of 1988

Since 2016, the authorities have increasingly glorified the perpetrators of the mass killings as “national heroes” and likened any criticism of the atrocities to support for “terrorism”. Impose targeted sanctions against judicial and security officials responsible for carrying out executions Raise the issue of mass executions in iran at international bodies such as the united nations human rights council Provide more support programs for the families of execution victims and survivors.

Executions in sari and isfahan On the morning of wednesday, march 12, 2025, a prisoner named majid vahidi, 26, was executed in sari prison He had been arrested in 2021 on murder charges and sentenced to death. Added iran's mass execution of 1988

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Nur nasreen ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative.

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

Iran says no to nuclear talks during conflict as UN urges restraint

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