Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, human rights groups report
via Punch Nigeria20 hours ago3 min read
Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 individuals in 2025, according to a joint annual report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights IHR and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty ECPM. This figure represents a 68 percent increase from the 975 executions in 2024 and includes 48 women. The report states that this is the highest number of executions since IHR began tracking in 2008 and the most reported since 1989. The NGOs urged Western nations to prioritize the abolition of capital punishment in any negotiations with Tehran, especially following the recent conflict. Raphael Chenuil-Hazan, executive director of ECPM, emphasized that the death penalty should be central to any deals. IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam expressed concern that the rights of the Iranian people were not mentioned in recent US-Iran talks. The report also warned that hundreds of detained protesters from January 2026 demonstrations remain at risk of death sentences. During the recent conflict, Iran executed seven people linked to the January protests, six men for membership in the People’s Mujahedin of Iran MEK, and one Iranian-Swedish citizen accused of spying for Israel. At least 26 other individuals arrested during the January protests have been sentenced to death, with several hundred more facing charges that could lead to execution. Of the 48 women executed in 2025, 21 were for murdering their husbands or fiancés. Public hangings more than tripled to 11 in 2025, and almost half of those
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