Iran executed at least 71 people in July, including six protesters, according to Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based monitoring group, which said it documented at least 444 executions from January 1 through July 31, while only 67 of those cases were announced by Iranian authorities. This information emerges as international attention has focused on Iran’s military confrontation with the United States and Israel, leaving arrests, death sentences and alleged abuses inside the country less visible, rights advocates say. The organization said another 377 cases were independently verified through two sources, while reports of more than 400 additional executions have not been included because they could not yet be verified.
The figures present a parallel picture of Iran at a moment when international attention has overwhelmingly centered on military operations, the confrontation with the United States and Israel, the Strait of Hormuz, and the economic consequences of the conflict. Inside the country, however, the machinery of capital punishment has continued.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of Iran Human Rights, said executions have returned to an almost daily pace. “So, it seems that we are going back to the way it used to be, that we have daily executions. Most of them are for charges such as drug trafficking or murder. But the execution of protesters also continues,” he told The Media Line. (Read More)
