03 March 2025 :

March 2, 2025 - IRAN. In the past month, at least 88 prisoners were executed in prisons across Iran, marking a 780% increase compared to February 2024, when only 10 prisoners were executed. Notably, 24% of those executed were Kurdish prisoners.
The Statistics and Documents Centre of Hengaw Organization for Human Rights has confirmed the identities of 81 prisoners, while 7 others remain under investigation.
Among those executed, three were women, who were hanged in Khorramabad, Sari, and Shiraz after being convicted of premeditated murder. No executions of minors under the age of 18 were recorded during this period.
Of the 88 executions, only 6 were reported in Iran’s official media or judiciary-affiliated websites. Additionally, 4 prisoners were executed in secret without notifying their families or granting them a final visit. One prisoner was executed in public in Esfarayen.
Breakdown by national and ethnic minorities:
Kurds: 21 cases, Lors: 14 cases, Turks: 9 cases, Balochs: 7 cases, Afghans: 5 cases, Gilak and Mazani: 5 cases, Persians: 22 cases, unknown: 3 cases, Tat: 1 case, Turkmen: 1 case.
Breakdown by charges:
Drug-related crimes: 41 cases, Murder: 39 cases, Rape: 6 cases, Armed robbery: 3 cases.

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