Three people convicted of killing a policeman and two paramilitary security forces members were hanged during nationwide protests in Iran last November. It has been reported IRNA.
Iranian authorities claim that the convicts acted by agreement and were linked to the Mufakin terrorist organization.
According to this Associated presshuman rights organizations claim that the confessions of the convicts were obtained under torture.
Mass protests have erupted in Iran since mid-September last year, following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained by deputy police for wearing the wrong hijab. The locals blamed the police for the girl’s death.
Earlier, the UN Human Rights Office reported in Iran applied More than 200 people in 2023. On average, more than 10 people were executed each week in Iran. Most of the convictions were for drug-related crimes.
According to Amnesty International, the number of executions in the world in 2022 it happened They were sentenced to the highest Death penalty in the last five years and the sentence was executed for 883 people in 20 countries. This is 53% more than a year ago.