Iran has the highest number of executions in 2024, where 901 were hanged, including 31 women.

Iran News: In 2024, a total of 901 people, including 31 women, were hanged in Iran. As the number of people sentenced to death in Iran continues to rise every year, UN Human Rights Committee head Volker Turk has called for a ban on capital punishment in Iran. According to the report of the Human Rights Committee, 40 people were hanged in Iran in just one week of December.

According to Amnesty International, Iran has the highest number of death sentences except China. Iran has the death penalty for murder, drug trafficking and rape. Human rights activists are concerned about the increasing practice of hanging people in Iran.

According to a report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, most of the executions in Iran last year were of drug smugglers. Apart from this, people who protested against the government in 2022 were also given death penalty. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was accused of imposing the death penalty in order to instill fear in Iranian society.

Last year, 31 women were also hanged in Iran. Volcker said that we oppose the death penalty at all costs. This is a violation of the fundamental right to life. Innocent people are also likely to become victims of the death penalty. The United Nations has called for a ban on the death penalty in Iran.