Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, warning that the pace of executions was much higher than in 2022.
Rights groups have accused Tehran of increasing the use of the death penalty to spread fear across society in the wake of the protest movements.
A popular uprising erupted last September over the death of a Kurdish-Iranian young woman, Jina Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating strict dress rules for women.
Norway-based Iran Human Rights said the 354 people figure for the first six months up to June 30 was up 36 percent on the same period in 2022, when 261 people were executed.
Emphasising concerns that non-Persian ethnic groups are disproportionately affected by executions in Iran.
