THE BEAST AND BRUTAL IRAN EXECUTE MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE IN 2024

 Iran reportedly executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN says

Image source,Getty Images

Image caption,

The total is the highest recorded in nine years and marks a 6% increase from 2023

At least 901 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in December, according to the UN human rights chief.

"It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year," Volker Türk said. "It is high time Iran stemmed this ever-swelling tide of executions."

The total is the highest recorded in nine years and marks a 6% increase from 2023, when 853 people were executed.

Most of the executions were for drug-related offences, but dissidents and people connected to the 2022 protests were also executed, according to the UN. There was also a rise in the number of women executed.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8qw8q62jo