{"id":234790,"date":"2021-02-10T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234790"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:12:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:12:46","slug":"western-powers-should-demand-complete-details-of-irans-2021-executions-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/western-powers-should-demand-complete-details-of-irans-2021-executions-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Powers Should Demand Complete Details of Iran\u2019s 2021 Executions So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On January 30, activists monitoring Iran recorded the 27th<\/sup> execution since the beginning of the year. Given the Iranian judiciary\u2019s penchant for secrecy, it is likely that undisclosed executions from the first month of the year will still be revealed in the days and weeks to come. And in any event, there is no doubt that Iranian regime will press forward with additional scheduled hangings during that same time, thereby putting itself on pace to reaffirming its status as the nation with the world\u2019s highest annual rate of executions per capita.<\/p>\n

Detailed analysis will be needed in order to understand the nature of each relevant case, but it practically goes without saying that not all of them rise to the standard of \u201cmost serious crimes,\u201d which would make them arguably justified under international law.<\/p>\n

In 2019, at least 280 Iranians were put to death \u2013 slightly more than in the previous year. The final estimates for 2020 have yet to be pinned down.<\/p>\n

In the unlikely event that the estimate for January 2021 remains at its current number and isn\u2019t exceeded by subsequent months, the year-end total will be well in excess of 300 \u2013 more than can be expected from any other nation apart from China, whose population is more than 17 times Iran\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Since the end of 2017, Iran has experienced five major anti-government uprisings. The largest of these, in November 2019<\/a>, featured provocative chants like \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d in nearly 200 cities and towns. Already panicked by their difficulty in containing an earlier uprising and by their failure to implement terrorist attacks on foreign supporters of the domestic Resistance movement, Iranian authorities responded hysterically to the November 2019 uprisings, with security forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>) opening fire on crowds and, according to Amnesty International, \u201cshooting to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div><\/div>
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