Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019
Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 October 10, 2019 Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 Iran top per capita executioner Hundreds of people in Iran are sentenced to death annually. October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty, reminds us of the thousands of death row prisoners lingering in jails in Iran. Iranian regime officials have never heeded to the International community’s calls to abolish the death penalty. Iran’s deliberate use of capital punishment has been a constant source of international outrage and condemnation. According to several independent international bodies, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International, Iran is the leading state in executions per capita, second only to China in terms of figures. Iran also tops the charts in the number of executions of minors and juvenile offenders. From October 2018 to October 2019, Iran Human Rights Monitor has recorded ...