The number of people executed by the Iranian state in Iran and Rojhilat (East Kurdistan) has increased by 24 percent since the beginning of this winter, as a report stated that the Iranian state carries out a death sentence against one person every 14 hours.
In its new report, the Statistical Center of Iran revealed that the number of people executed in Iran and Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) has increased by 24 percent since the beginning of winter this year, compared to the past fifteen years, according to Roj news agency.
According to the report, between 2008 and 2022, a person was executed every 17 hours, but since the beginning of 2023, the statistic has risen to reach one execution every 14 hours.
According to the statistics included in the report, no less than 7,850 people have been executed in Iran and Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan), since the beginning of 2008.
The report indicated that at least 113 people were executed in Iran in the first 65 days of this year.
Most executions are carried out in Tehran, Alborz, Urmia, Khorasan, Razavi, and Sistan and Baluchestan.
According to the Amnesty International report, Iran comes second after China among the countries where the death penalty is carried out.
On the other hand, according to statistics, at least 22 Kurdish citizens have been executed in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) and other cities in Iran during the past two months, at least five of them are political prisoners and 28 others are judicial prisoners.
After the outbreak of the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" (Women, Life, Freedom) uprising, 4 demonstrators, including a Kurdish person, were executed, and more than 110 people were sentenced to death.
Source:
hawarnews.com, Staff, March 16, 2023
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