UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated that Iran has executed at least 56 people since March 19 for offenses linked to national security, as reported by Israeli media.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated that Iran has executed at least 56 people since March 19 for offenses linked to national security, as reported by Israeli news outlet N12. The statement adds to a growing body of documentation on Iran's use of the death penalty. As The Zioneer reported in July, over 100 executions had taken place in Iran in the preceding month, according to Iranian Telegram channels. The UN's latest figures cover the period since March 19, during which Iran has been engaged in a military confrontation with the United States, as The Zioneer has extensively covered. The executions are carried out under the charge of 'national security-related offenses,' a category that human rights groups say has been used to suppress internal dissent.
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