Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) has made an effort in its annual report to provide an overview of the human rights situation in Iran. Given that the judiciary in Iran extensively employed executions as the most ruthless and inhumane form of punishment in 2023, a significant portion of the 2023 annual report focuses on executions. Another section of the report addresses the investigation into the suppression of protesters during the nationwide protests of 2022-2023.
The Iranian regime, in an attempt to suppress the nationwide protests, targeted the protesters and sought to silence any dissenting voices. They issued death sentences, along with severe and unjust verdicts, and employed brutal forms of torture to stifle the voice of every protester.
The policy of “creating fear by using heavy punishments and issuing death sentences” has become the official policy of Iran’s judiciary, and in this regard, it has the full support of Ebrahim Raisi as the president, especially since Raisi has the experience of being a member of the Death Commission in the massacre of the summer of 1988.
Executions of 850 People
Indeed, the death penalty is considered one of the most severe forms of punishment, and it has been abolished or significantly restricted in over 170 countries worldwide. Only around 30 countries still actively use the death penalty. Unfortunately, the Iranian regime consistently remains at the forefront of these countries that continue to implement capital punishment. Julia Duchrow, the Deputy Secretary General, Amnesty International (Germany), has stated regarding executions in Iran, “The leader of Iran is responsible for 65% of the executions carried out worldwide last year.”
Critics of the executions in Iran believe that the Iranian government utilizes the death penalty as a tool to suppress opponents and instill fear and terror within society. Many human rights activists and international organizations consider the death penalty as the most inhumane and degrading form of punishment. However, despite this consensus, the number of executions in Iran reached 850 individuals in 2023. This indicates a concerning trend of high execution rates in the country.
This is happening while the Iranian regime had 578 executions in the past year, and the Iranian judiciary has increased the implementation of death sentences by 45% in just one year. The number of executions reached 850 individuals in 2023. In this annual report, we intend to explore executions in Iran in the following categories:
- Execution of political prisoners
- Execution of ordinary prisoners
- Execution of children under 18 years old
- Execution of women
- Secret Executions and Executions Carried Out in Public
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Source:
iran-hrm.com, Staff, January 1, 2024
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