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Iran execution rate doubles in 2025 compared to last year

At least 230 people were executed in Iran during the first three months of 2025 - double the number of those executed during the same period last year.

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04 April, 2025
Iran's national flag flies atop the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the TV tower in the background, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 31, 2024
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Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: groups

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20 February, 2025
Iranian authorities execute a man accused of killing a police officer in Zarandieh [Getty]
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Iran executes man convicted of killing police officer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2025
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Iran executed over 30 women in 2024 amid punishment surge

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2025
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Rights groups urge Iraqi government to halt 'secret executions'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 December, 2024
Saudi Arabia protest against execution in New York
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UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to halt imminent executions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 December, 2024
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HRW criticises Iraq for 'unlawful' surge in executions

Dana Taib Menmy
20 November, 2024
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Saudi Arabia executes seven people in one day: state media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 October, 2024
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More than 400 people executed in Iran this year: UN experts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 September, 2024
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'All sides' in Sudan war executing, torturing, mutilating bodies

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2024
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Rights group criticises Saudi 'terrorism' execution

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2024
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Iran executes 29 day after protester's hanging: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2024
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Saudi Arabia has executed over 100 people so far in 2024

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2024
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Israel 'executes' four Palestinian prisoners near Gaza border

The New Arab Staff
07 July, 2024
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Iran jails father of young man executed over protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2024
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Iran sentences rapper Salehi to death to stifle dissent

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30 April, 2024
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Iran turning its prisons into 'killing fields': Amnesty

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2024
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Israel ‘threatens to destroy Al-Shifa with people inside'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 March, 2024
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Iran executions highest since 2015, say rights groups

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2024
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Saudi Arabia kills 5 Yemenis in new capital punishment wave

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 February, 2024
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Iran in new execution over 2022 protests: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 November, 2023