Iran Mass Executions 1988 Ian Crime Against Humanity Human Rights Watch
Four of the executions were carried out publicly Evidence suggests that the pace of executio. Iran carries out executions by hanging.
Iran executions see 'unprecedented spike' - Amnesty - BBC News
On one of the darkest days of may 2025, at least nine prisoners were executed in various prisons across iran These executions, which included one woman, took place in the prisons of arak, gorgan, qezel hesar, isfahan, shahroud, and zahedan These executions, which included one woman, took place in the prisons of arak, gorgan, qezel hesar, isfahan, shahroud, and zahedan.
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.
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 At least 909 prisoners were executed in iranian prisons in 2024, marking a 9.5% increase (80 more cases) compared to 2023, when 829 executions were recorded The number of women executed in 2024 rose to 30, compared to 22 in 2023, reflecting a 36% increase. 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.
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 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 Khomeini’s “death decree” for mass executions of iranian political prisoners in 1988
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Khomeini assigned the fates of those prisoners already sentenced to specific terms, who held fast to their beliefs, to three individuals who comprised what came to be known as the “death committee” in tehran, and to similar committees in the provincial capitals.
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 […] 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. Its purpose is to cover executions, arbitrary arrests, torture and amputation, prison’s conditions, women, social, ethnic and religious minorities oppression news in iran and fill the gaps in information and knowledge caused by lack of access and freedom to iran. The 17th annual report on the death penalty in iran, published jointly by iran human rights (ihrngo) and ecpm (together against the death penalty), reveals a horrifying escalation in the use of the death penalty by the islamic republic in 2024 The year witnessed at least 975 executions, marking a 17% increase from the 834 recorded in 2023
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This surge represents the highest number of recorded.
Iran executions see 'unprecedented spike' - Amnesty - BBC News
1988 Iranian mass executions crime against humanity: Human Rights Watch
