Iran Has Been Using The War In Gaza As A Cover To Execute More Than 100 People
Human rights groups says Iran has increased the number of executions as there has been “little international focus” on the human rights situation in the country.
Iran has been using the war in Gaza as a cover to execute more than 100 people.
A demonstrator holds a noose around her neck during a One Law for All dance protest at Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
Since the war began on Oct. 7, the Iranian government has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, according to human rights groups.
Placards reading ‘No More Execution’ is seen as hundreds of people march to Lonsdale Ave. during ‘Justice Prevails’ rally marking the 3d Anniversary of Flight PS752’s downing in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The Iran Human Rights group said that Iran doubled the number of executions in October and November, compared to August and September.
A demonstrator holds a scarf like a noose around her neck during a One Law for All dance protest at Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
The group said that the country has increased the number of executions as there has been “little international focus” on the human rights situation in Iran.
People protest against executions and detentions in Iran, in front of the Iranian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York City. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
People who were executed included a 17-year-old boy, after being made to give a forced confession, according to Iran Human Rights.
The government also executed a 22-year-old young man over his participation in the mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, making the eighth protester to be executed.
Activists and rights groups have said that the Iranian government is carrying out the executions in secret, without giving people access to lawyers and without informing family members.
Some 20 human rights activists of Amnesty International draw 174,097 stripes on the street outside the embassy of Iran on July 19, 2023 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Since 2023, Iran has executed more than 700 people, which is an average of about two people a day.
A group of Iranians demonstrate for change in Iran and against execution opposite Downing Street. (photo by Jenny Matthews/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Iran has one of the world’s highest rates of executions, after China, with a justice system that enforces the death penalty for a range of offenses.
Protesters hold placards at a march in central London against the Iranian regime, on the third anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian passenger jet, flight PS752, shortly after it’s takeoff from Tehran. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
These include drug-related crimes, national security, religious offenses, and anti-government activities.
Protestors take part in an anti-Iran demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Cemal Yurttas/ dia images via Getty Images)
