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Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, most since 1989: NGOs
Rights groups said drug and murder cases drove most hangings, while security-related executions and public hangings also rose.
- On Monday, April 13, Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty reported that Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest annual figure since 1989.
- IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated authorities averaged four to five executions daily to create fear and prevent new protests following January unrest that authorities suppressed.
- Among those executed were 48 women, the highest in more than 20 years with 21 convicted of murdering spouses; public hangings more than tripled to 11, while Kurdish and Baluch minorities face disproportionate targeting.
- During the war against Israel beginning Feb 28, Iran hanged seven people linked to January protests, including six members of the banned Peoples Mujahedin of Iran and one Iranian-Swedish citizen charged with spying.
- If the Islamic Republic survives its current crisis, executions may be used even more extensively as a tool of oppression, while rights groups including Amnesty International rank Iran among the world's highest executioners per capita.
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Iranian threat to execute dissidents continues amid a fragile US ceasefire
Despite an ongoing ceasefire between the United States and Iran, the Iranian regime continues to threaten to execute dissidents.Two non-government organizations report Tehran executed over 1,600 people in 2025, a 68% increase from the previous year. The organizations say the actual numbers are likely much higher because Iranian authorities do not publicly announce all executions carried out. This increase also occurred before major protests agai…
According to the latest annual report on the death penalty in Iran, published on Monday, 13 April by Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty, the country executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, an increase of 68 per cent in the number of executions compared to 2024. "By sowing fear through an average of four to five executions a day in 2025, the authorities have tried to prevent further demonstrations and prolong their staggerin…
MichaelSavage.com – Executions in Iran doubled in 2025 — marking a 36-year high: report
The Iranian regime executed more than 1,600 people last year — marking a three decade high not seen since the end of the Islamic Republic’s war against Iraq in 1989. The shocking figures were included in a joint report released by the nonprofit Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty, which estimated that…
The Ayatollás regime imposed 1,639 death sentences, the highest figure since 1989 and an increase of 68 per cent over 2024.
Iran executed at least 1,639 people during 2025, a macabre figure that has not been seen since 1989, according to two NGOs and that represents an increase of 68% over the 975 people who were executed. Human Rights defenders warn that, if they remain in power, the Ayatollah Regime could increase the number during 2026 in retaliation for the protests at the beginning of the year.Read more
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