Rights groups, including Amnesty International, report that Iran executed at least 1,639 individuals in 2025, marking a 68% increase from the previous year, and urge Western nations to prioritize the abolition of the death penalty in negotiations with Tehran amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #IranExecutions
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Iran executed at least 1,639 in 2025, international NGOs say
Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, and the most of any country other than China, for which no reliable data is available.
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Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says
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Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime's murder of Mahsa Amini.
