Iran hanged at least 1,639 people in 2025, making it the highest number in 37 years, according to two NGOs.
The number of executions represented an increase of 68 per cent on the 975 people Iranian authorities put to death in 2024, and also included 48 women who were hanged.
If the Islamic Republic survives the current crisis, there is a serious risk that executions will be used even more extensively as a tool of oppression and repression,’ Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said in their joint annual report.
But …. But ?
the Pope thinks its ok