Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
- 01-Jun-2023
PARIS: Iran has executed over 300 people this year, with the rate in May during the current surge in hangings the highest monthly figure in the country since 2015, a rights group said on Thursday. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said at least 307 people have been executed in 2023, a rise of over 75 […]
Rights groups denounce ‘execution spree’ in Iran
- 27-Jul-2022
PARIS: Iran is carrying out executions at a “horrifying pace” in state-approved killings on a mass scale that constitutes assault on the right to life, two rights groups said on Wednesday. The Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran and London-based Amnesty International said in a joint statement that 251 hangings have been […]