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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nOctober 10 marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty while the world\u2019s top executioner<\/a> per capita, Iran, witnessed anti-regime protests for the fourth consecutive week.<\/p>\n Since taking power in 1979, Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy has been using executions to intimidate the vibrant and progressive society that has rejected mullahs\u2019 backward thinking from day one.\u00a0 The regime\u2019s incessant use of capital punishment has earned it the first rank of executioner per capita. Hundreds of Iranians are sent to the gallows every year under different pretexts, mainly political dissidence.<\/p>\n The clerical regime never stopped executions during Hassan Rouhani\u2019s presidency, who presented himself as a \u201cmoderate,\u201d roughly 5,000 Iranians, including over 130 women, were hanged.<\/p>\n Since Ebrahim Raisi took over for Rouhani in 2021, there have been nearly 800 executions. The number should be more, given the regime\u2019s secrecy in announcing executions. In other words, executions have seen a dramatic since Raisi became president<\/a>.<\/p>\n This was no surprise to human rights defenders and the Iranian people, as Raisi\u2019s dark record of human rights violations was common knowledge. In fact, the regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pulled him out of the ballot box in a bid to use him as the bogeyman to terrorize Iran\u2019s restive society.<\/p>\n \u00a0Raisi played a key role during the mass political executions in the 1980s. During the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners across Iran, Raisi sat on Tehran\u2019s so-called \u201cDeath Commission,\u201d sealing the fate of tens of thousands of prisoners. Based on a fatwa by the regime\u2019s then-supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini, those commissions were tasked to identify and purge political dissidents, mainly supporters and members of Iran\u2019s leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n The 1988 massacre remained uninvestigated and unpunished, perpetuating what many observers believe is the \u201cculture of impunity.\u201d When Raisi became the regime\u2019s president in 2021, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General Agn\u00e8s Callamard<\/a> referred to this development as a \u201cgrim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n On the World Day Against the Death Penalty- Criminal executions are a sign of the mullahs\u2019 desperation in the face of an explosive society; but they will not escape inevitable overthrow.#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/Kig1vW8r6y<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WA3T34HJZA<\/a><\/p>\n — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n