975 people, including 31 women, executed in Iran last year

The Iran Human Rights organization, based in Norway, and the French NGO "Together Against the Death Penalty" stated that the Iranian regime carried out at least 975 executions in 2024.

The organizations described this number as "extremely shocking" and the highest recorded since the tally began in 2008, surpassing the 972 executions recorded in 2015.

Around 40 suspected executions were not included in the report due to insufficient information, according to the report's authors.

The director of Iran Human Rights stated that "these executions are part of a war waged by the Iranian Republic against its own people to maintain its grip on power," which was shaken by widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, leading to a wave of arrests in the country.

Among the 975 executed in 2024, an increase of 17% compared to 2023, 31 were women, and four people were publicly hanged, according to the report.

The charges against these individuals ranged from drug-related crimes to political opposition, including participation in protests that erupted following the death of Kurdish woman Jina Amini at the hands of Iran’s "morality police" in mid-September 2022.

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