President Vo Van Thuong on August 30, 2023 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 11 prisoners.
A protester sentenced to death
531 executions since the beginning of 2023
528 executions in Iran in 2023
Former death row inmate
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran