IRAN - Hengaw Year-End report

IRAN - Hengaw Report 2024

11 January 2025 :

January 1, 2025 - IRAN. Hengaw Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 901 in 2024
The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights publishes a comprehensive report documenting the alarming extent of human rights violations in Iran throughout 2024. The report reveals a sharp increase in executions, arbitrary arrests, systematic violence, and other forms of abuse, underscoring a year of severe oppression.
Based on data compiled by the Hengaw’s Center for Statistics and Documentation:
901 prisoners were executed.
339 Kurdish kolbars were killed or injured.
57 people were victims of landmine and explosive ordnance incidents.
22 prisoners died in Iranian prisons.
1,235 people with verified identities were arrested.
33 political activists and protesters were sentenced to death.
468 political activists were collectively sentenced to 1,682 years, 7 months, and 20 days of imprisonment, along with 94 years of suspended sentences and 2,547 lashes.
At least 182 women were killed by family members due to domestic violence.
901 executions carried out in various prisons across Iran during 2024. The identities of 852 individuals have been confirmed by the Hengaw.
Among those executed, 13 individuals were sentenced to death for political or religious activities or for alleged participating in “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Of these, 10 were Kurds.
Demographics of executed prisoners:
183 Kurdish prisoners (20.5% of the total)
119 Turkish prisoners (13%)
110 Baloch prisoners (12%)
58 Lor prisoners
30 Gilak prisoners
73 Afghan prisoners
Additionally, 30 women and 5 individuals who were under the age of 18 at the time of commuting the crimes were executed.
The majority of death sentences were related to drug charges: 472 cases (52% of all executions). 367 death sentences were related to murder charges.

https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2024/12/article-4

 

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