Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as ‘tool of intimidation,’ UN says

Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as ‘tool of intimidation,’ UN says

The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Islamic regime executed at least 1500 people in 2025, nearly half (47%) as a penalty for drug offences, according to a release published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday.

Noting the regime has used killings ‘as a tool of State intimidation,’ the high commissioner said that the executions had a ‘disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants.’

While global trends in 2025 saw countries reduce the number of crimes met with the death penalty, the total number last year exceeded that of previous years, the office confirmed…”

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