Last week alone, 64 people were hanged, the average rate of which is more than nine per day. This number is the highest since 2008, when the organization began collecting death penalty data.
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a non-governmental organization, has informed that at least 1,000 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025. The organization described this action as a 'mass execution campaign aimed at creating fear'.
Last week alone, 64 people were hanged, the average rate of which is more than nine per day. This number is the highest since 2008, when the organization began collecting death penalty data.
According to human rights activists, after the protests and the conflict with Israel in recent years, Iran has been using the death penalty more intensively.
Director of Iran Human Rights Mahmoud Amiri-Moghaddam said, 'In the absence of the necessary response from the international community, the death penalty in Iran seems to be expanding day by day. This situation is a matter of serious concern from the point of view of human rights.' The
organization has urged international bodies including the United Nations to take a serious look at this trend of capital punishment as a crime against humanity. According to Iranian organizations, nearly 50 percent of death sentences are given for non-fatal drug-related crimes.
28 of those sentenced to death this year are women, most of whom were convicted of abusing or killing their husbands who were forced into marriages. According to organizations including the human rights group Amnesty International, Iran has the second highest death penalty in the world.
In a recent report published by Amnesty, the use of the death penalty in Iran has reached "an alarming level" and many civilians are at risk of execution without a fair trial.
