Iran Records Highest Execution Rate in Over a Decade
The Iranian government executed 975 individuals in 2024, marking a significant increase from the previous year and raising alarm among human rights advocates.
In 2024, Iran executed 975 individuals, according to a report by two prominent human rights organizations.
This figure represents the highest number of executions documented in the country since at least 2008 and highlights a concerning trend in the Iranian government's use of capital punishment.
The organizations, Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), released a joint statement characterizing this increase as a 'horrifying escalation' in the practice of executions within the Islamic Republic.
The data indicates a 17 percent rise in executions from 2023, when 834 individuals were reported to have been executed.
The report claims that, on average, five individuals were executed daily in the last three months of 2024, coinciding with heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Among those executed in 2024, four individuals were publicly hanged, and 31 of the executed were women.
Human rights activists have accused the Iranian regime of employing the death penalty as a means of political oppression, arguing that it is a strategy to reinforce governmental control and suppress dissent among the populace.
This alarming increase in executions occurs against a backdrop of escalating political tensions both domestically and regionally.
Advocates for human rights have called for greater international scrutiny and condemnation of Iran’s capital punishment practices, emphasizing the need for global awareness of the human rights situation in the country.
This figure represents the highest number of executions documented in the country since at least 2008 and highlights a concerning trend in the Iranian government's use of capital punishment.
The organizations, Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), released a joint statement characterizing this increase as a 'horrifying escalation' in the practice of executions within the Islamic Republic.
The data indicates a 17 percent rise in executions from 2023, when 834 individuals were reported to have been executed.
The report claims that, on average, five individuals were executed daily in the last three months of 2024, coinciding with heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Among those executed in 2024, four individuals were publicly hanged, and 31 of the executed were women.
Human rights activists have accused the Iranian regime of employing the death penalty as a means of political oppression, arguing that it is a strategy to reinforce governmental control and suppress dissent among the populace.
This alarming increase in executions occurs against a backdrop of escalating political tensions both domestically and regionally.
Advocates for human rights have called for greater international scrutiny and condemnation of Iran’s capital punishment practices, emphasizing the need for global awareness of the human rights situation in the country.
