More than 500 people have been hanged so far this year

The Norwegian human rights organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) says that at least 504 people have been hanged in Iran so far this year, which is more than the number of executions given in the entire year last year. I am much more. The organization says it is also trying to confirm how many more people have been executed.

The IHR told the French news agency AFP that there are growing fears that authorities may use the death penalty on a large scale against those involved in nationwide protests following the killing of Iranian Kurdish woman Mehsa Amini in September. can do

He said that the 504 people who have been confirmed to be hanged include the four who were hanged on Sunday for collaborating with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Seven months after their arrest, these people were hanged in a prison known as Gohar Dasht in Karaj suburb of Tehran.

“These individuals were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in closed-door hearings without adequate trial and due process,” IHR Director Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam said in a statement. had no legal justification.”

“These death sentences are being handed down to create social fear and divert public attention from the Islamic Republic’s intelligence failures,” he added. The IHR said that a woman was among those executed recently. who was hanged on Saturday in Dastgard prison in central Iran for the murder of his father-in-law.

Human rights groups have expressed concern over the alarming rise in executions of women in Iran. These women are usually accused of killing their husbands or relatives.

The IHR says the number of people executed so far this year is the highest in the past five years. According to data released by the IHR, at least 333 people were executed in 2021, which was 25 percent more than 267 in 2020.

Amnesty International says that Iran executed a record 314 people last year, which is more than any other country. Amnesty International, however, also says that no such data is available for China. Thousands of people are believed to be executed in China every year.

According to the IHR, six people have been sentenced to death for participating in the ongoing protests in Iran since September. The organization says that the accused were neither provided with lawyers nor were the demands of justice fulfilled.

The IHR says 26 people, including three teenagers, are currently facing charges that could carry the death penalty. Iranian authorities call these suspects ‘rioters’. There are allegations against them of attacks on security forces and public facilities. However, human rights activists deny these allegations.