Iran carried out its highest quantity of executions in additional than three many years final yr, based on a joint report by Paris-based Together (*46*) the Death Penalty (EPCM) and by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR).
At least 1,639 individuals have been executed in 2025, the report discovered, marking the very best annual complete since 1989 and a pointy rise from 975 executions the earlier yr. Due to an absence of transparency throughout the judicial system, the true quantity could possibly be a lot increased, the report mentioned.
The teams say Iran’s surge in use of capital punishment, with executions averaging greater than 4 per day, may intensify additional amid an ongoing conflict with Israel and the United States. The report warns that authorities could exploit the wartime situations to silence dissent with Tehran utilizing the scenario as cowl to focus on critics and opposition figures.
Many of the 2025 dying sentences have been linked to drug-associated offenses and homicide costs, however at the very least 57 of these executed have been convicted of safety-associated costs, together with two protesters.
Rights teams say the mixture of the conflict, diminished scrutiny and tightened inner safety within the nation dangers accelerating executions significantly of these linked to the massive anti-authorities protests that roiled the nation in January.
The report mentioned half the convictions have been handed down by Iran’s Revolutionary Courts, highlighting considerations of “grossly unfair trials and without due process.”