"“We've been observing the human rights situation in Iran with great concern,” Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam tells DW. The Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist is the founder of the NGO Iran Human Rights. “The near-daily executions of political prisoners, protesters and people accused of espionage are particularly alarming,” he adds. In 2025, his organization found that Iran had executed at least 1,639 people, marking a 68% increase compared to the previous year and averaging in four to five executions per day."
"“In a situation in which the international community is paying little attention to human rights violations in Iran, the Islamic Republic is taking advantage of the added leeway to execute prisoners while keeping political costs as low as possible,” Amir-Moghaddam says. The number of executions recorded in 2025 was the highest in 35 years, and was a continuation of a surge that began in 2022 after the nationwide “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests. People now speak of a climate of fear."
"Since the beginning of the US-Israel war with Iran, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk says more than 4,000 individuals have been arrested in Iran on national-security related charges. Of these, at least 21 have been executed. “I hardly dare imagine what the successive executions in the past days have done with the climate in the prison's political wards,” the X-user Sayed Ziaddin Nabavi, als"
Iran’s human rights situation is marked by near-daily executions of political prisoners, protesters, and people accused of espionage. In 2025, Iran executed at least 1,639 people, representing a 68% increase from the previous year and averaging four to five executions per day. The recorded number of executions was the highest in 35 years and followed a surge that began in 2022 after nationwide “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests. A climate of fear has spread as successive executions continue. Since the latest US-Israel war with Iran began in February, more than 4,000 people have been arrested in Iran on national-security related charges, and at least 21 have been executed. Limited international attention is described as enabling Iran to carry out executions while keeping political costs low.
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