Iran Executed at Least 975 People in 2024, Marking a 17% Rise from the Previous Year

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent(Worthy News) – Iran carried out nearly 1,000 executions last year, marking what human rights organizations have condemned as a “horrifying escalation” in the use of capital punishment, according to a U.N. human rights watchdog group.Iran executed 975 people in 2024, a 17% increase from the 834 executions recorded in 2023, according to a report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office.Among the 975 executed, 31 were women—the highest in n