UN and Hengaw warn of record executions in Iran, with 841 deaths this year, including women, minorities and political prisoners, urging a moratorium on capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Office has reported that Iranian authorities executed at least 841 people from the beginning of 2025 until 28 August, despite repeated international appeals to halt the use of capital punishment.
In July alone, Iran carried out 110 executions — more than double the number recorded in the same month last year. This sharp increase follows an already significant rise in executions during the first half of 2025. According to the UN, the scale of executions reflects a systematic use of the death penalty as a tool of intimidation, with ethnic minorities and migrants disproportionately targeted.
At present, 11 individuals face imminent execution. Six of them have been convicted of “armed rebellion” for alleged membership in the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) group, while five others were sentenced in connection with the 2022 protests. On 16 August, the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence against workers' rights activist Sharifeh Mohammadi. Additional data published by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on 18 August indicated that Iran exec uted at least 800 people since the start of the year, averaging 100 per month. (Read More)
