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Iran has executed at least 841 people this year: UN

At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since January, the UN underlined by calling it a systematic "tool of state intimidation" by Tehran.

AFP WORLD
Published August 29,2025
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At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".

"In July alone, Iranian authorities executed 110 individuals. This represents more than double the number of people executed in July of last year and follows a major increase in executions during the first half of 2025," United Nations rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.