The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has executed two more prisoners amid a surge in the death penalty.
The individuals executed were identified as 23-year-old Alireza Arezoomandi from a village in Farahan County, Markazi Province, and 35-year-old Samir (Hamid) Saeedirad from Arak, Markazi Province.
Arezoomandi was convicted of murder three years ago, while Saeedirad was found guilty of drug offenses five years back.
According to a report by Amnesty International, Iran has reached its highest level of death sentence execution in the last eight years, with the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executing 853 people in 2023 alone.
The report indicates that 481 executions, more than half of the total, were related to drug crimes. This marks an 89 percent increase in the death penalty compared to 2022, when 255 people were executed for drug-related offenses.
The latest numbers also show a 264 percent increase compared to 2021, when 132 individuals faced execution for similar charges.
Source » iranwire