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Iran has executed at least 841 people this year, UN says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAt least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN says, 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 tells reporters in Geneva.
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