Overview
- The joint IHR–ECPM report, released Monday, counts at least 1,639 executions in 2025 and labels the figure a conservative minimum.
- The total rose 68% from 2024’s 975, averaged more than four per day, and included 11 public hangings.
- Nearly half of those executed were convicted of drug offenses, while at least 48 women were put to death, the most in over 20 years, including 21 for killing a husband or fiancé.
- The groups say authorities used executions to deter protest and warn that hundreds detained after January’s mass demonstrations face capital charges.
- Since the Israel–U.S. war began on February 28, Iran has hanged seven people tied to those protests, and activists say Kurds and Baluch are hit hardest as they urge negotiators to press for a moratorium and political prisoner releases.