At least 730 people have been executed in Iranian prisons over the past seven months, including 102 in July alone, the US-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights reported on Friday, citing its investigations.
The report was released a few days after the UN Human Rights Office said at least 612 people were executed in the first half of 2025, more than double the number recorded in the same period last year.
The UN said more than 40 percent of the executions so far this year were for drug-related offences, while others were convicted under broad and vaguely worded charges, including “enmity against God” and “corruption on Earth.”
Human rights experts have repeatedly warned that such charges are often used to criminalize political dissent and suppress freedom of expression.
On Monday, the United Nations' top human rights official urged Iran to impose an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty, citing the surge in executions across the country.
“Reports that there have been several hundred executions in Iran so far this year underscore how deeply disturbing the situation has become and the urgent need for an immediate moratorium in the country on the use of the death penalty,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement.
The rise in executions follows a wave of repression in the aftermath of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June.
