Iran publicly executes man on alleged murder charges
Iran hanged a man in public on Tuesday after he and his wife were convicted of murdering a mother and her three children during a robbery in October 2024, judiciary's outlet Mizan reported.
Iran hanged a man in public on Tuesday after he and his wife were convicted of murdering a mother and her three children during a robbery in October 2024, judiciary's outlet Mizan reported.
“One of the perpetrators of the brutal murder of four members of a family in Beyram, in Fars province, was hanged in public on Tuesday,” Mizan said.
Earlier in February this year, Iranian authorities hanged a man from a bridge in the northeastern city of Esfarayen, in the country’s first public execution of the year.
Iran remains one of the few countries to conduct public executions, a practice widely condemned by human rights groups.
Public hangings were halted in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions but resumed in 2022. That year, two people were hanged in public, increasing to seven in 2023 and four in 2024, according to Oslo-based rights group Iran Human Rights.
Iran has executed 800 people in less than eight months since the start of the year, including 30 political prisoners, according to Norway-based rights group Hengaw reported on Monday.
In June, Amnesty International warned that following the Iran-Israel conflict, Iranian authorities have called for expedited trials and executions, raising concerns over arbitrary use of the death penalty.
Last year, at least 975 people were executed in Iran, marking a 17% increase from the 834 executions recorded the previous year.
