11 January 2025 :
January 4, 2025 - IRAN. Iran News Update Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 997 in 2024
In 2024, at least 997 executions were recorded in Iran. However, the true number is likely higher due to the regime’s practice of secret executions.
The breakdown of executions includes:
941 men in prison
4 men in public
34 women in prison
9 juvenile offenders in prison
9 political prisoners in prison
This marks a 16% increase from 2023’s recorded 864 executions. Notably, the 2024 figure represents the highest annual total in three decades.
Executions occurred in 86 prisons across all 31 provinces. Eight prisons accounted for half of all executions:
165 in Qezel Hesar Prison, 97 in Shiraz, 61 in Isfahan, 59 in Tabriz, 44 in Central Karaj, 38 in Qazvin, 33 in Mashhad, 29 in Birjand.
34 women and 7 juveniles were executed.
The average age of 491 verified victims was 36 years.
502 prisoners (over half) were executed on drug-related charges, despite allegations of regime involvement in major drug-trafficking networks.
4 executions were carried out in public.
Extrajudicial Killings. Fuel porters in Sistan and Baluchistan and cross-border laborers (kolbars) in Kurdistan are frequent targets of extrajudicial killings. Victims also include civilians killed on the streets or under torture in detention centers. In 2024, these killings included: 39 kolbars, 70 fuel porters, 198 civilians, 11 prisoners tortured to death.
https://irannewsupdate.com/news/human-rights/irans-execution-crisis-a-grim-record-in-2023-and-2024/
