Iran executes 853 people in eight-year high amid relentless repression and renewed ‘war on drugs’  

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, said Amnesty International. In a new research briefing published today the organization highlights that at least 481 executions – more than half of the total 853 executions recorded in 2023 … Continue reading Iran executes 853 people in eight-year high amid relentless repression and renewed ‘war on drugs’