US EditionUN experts condemn 'staggering scale' of executions in Iran
Over 1,000 executions occurred in Iran during early 2025, half for drug offenses, amid widespread reports of unfair trials and allegations of torture, UN experts said.
- On Monday, UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council said over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, calling it a dramatic escalation that violates international law.
- As a state party to the ICCPR, Iran faces legal tension over drug-related executions, and experts said these disproportionately harm marginalized and ethnic minority communities.
- At least 499 people were executed for drug-related offences this year, including 58 Afghan nationals, while experts documented nine hangings per day and 10 espionage executions, eight after June 13.
- The experts urged Tehran to impose an immediate moratorium on executions, demand transparency on death sentences, and called on states to apply concrete diplomatic pressure.
- With 2017 Law on Combating Illicit Drugs amendments under review, UN experts said Tehran can reverse drug-related executions amid recent international scrutiny and warned `Drug offences do not meet this threshold.
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The "Staggering Scale" Of Iran’s Rising Executions
The UN says they are appalled by an escalation of executions in Iran, with more than 1,000 people killed during the first nine months of 2025 – recent weeks has seen an average of nine hangings per day. Most of the known executions are for drug-related offenses and murder, followed by security-related charges and rape. Among those executed were at least 58 Afghans, including 57 men and one woman.
More than a thousand people have been hanged in 2025, in trials without guarantees and with a heavy weight of drug crimes and espionage accusations.
UN experts warn of surging executions in Iran
The UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council on Monday said that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, warning this represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law. In its release, UN experts alerted, “With an average of more than nine hangings per day in recent weeks, Iran appears to be conducting executions at an industrial scale that defies all accepted standards of human rights protec…
UN human rights experts speak of an "industrial scale" in the face of numerous executions in Iran. Much of the rulings are about drug offences.
UN: "Dramatic escalation" in Iran - More and more executions - The Irish Catholic
More than 1,000 people have already been executed in Iran in 2025. UN human rights activists are appalled and accuse the Islamic Republic of carrying out death sentences on an "industrial scale". UN human rights experts are deploring an unprecedented wave of executions in Iran. More than 1,000 death sentences have already been carried out in the Islamic Republic this year, according to a statement issued by the United Nations on Monday. The expe…
UN Experts Condemn Iran’s Unprecedented Execution Spree with Over 1,000 Killed in Nine Months - Iran News Update
UN human rights experts denounce Iran’s unprecedented surge in executions, calling for urgent international action to stop the killings. GENEVA, 29 September 2025 – United Nations human rights experts have expressed outrage over what they described as an “unprecedented execution spree” in Iran, warning that the scale of killings in 2025 represents a grave violation of international law. According to the experts, at least 1,000 people have been e…
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