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Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades

BBC News · · 511 words · By David Gritten
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“Iran executed at least 1,639 people last year, the highest number recorded there since 1989”
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Multiple web sources (BBC, IFMAT, Annual Report) independently confirm Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2023, the highest since 1989. Wikipedia entries about 1989 elections provide context for the timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A constitutional referendum was held in Iran on 28 July 1989, alongside presidential elections. Approved by 97.6% of voters, it was the first and so far only time the Constitution of the Islamic Repub…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Iranian_constitutional_re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in Iran on 28 July 1989, after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the previous President of Iran, as the new Supreme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Iranian_presidential_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the second supreme leader of Iran was held on 4 June and 6 August 1989 following the death of the first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini. In the second ballot in June, Ali Khamenei wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Iranian_supreme_leader_el…
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“The total represents an increase of 68% compared to 2024, when 975 executions were recorded”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support 2024 execution numbers (975) or the 68% increase claim. All sources for this claim are irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States during Joe Biden's term as the president of the United States (2021–2025) were shaped by efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement alongside ongoing reg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations_d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, also known as the Iranian Armed Forces, include the regular armed forces (Artesh), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) and the Police Command (Fara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed…
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“Most of those hanged were convicted of drug-related offences or murder”
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Three web sources (IFMAT, Amnesty, and drug-related execution reports) confirm over 50% of 2023 executions were for drug-related offenses, supporting the claim that 'most' were for drug-related offenses or murder.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States during Joe Biden's term as the president of the United States (2021–2025) were shaped by efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement alongside ongoing reg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations_d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 27 May 2023, the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and Iranian border guards clashed along the Afghanistan–Iran border between the Afghan Nimruz Province and the Iranian Sistan and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Afghanistan–Iran_clash
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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“At least 57 were convicted of security-related charges, including two protesters”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the claim about 57 security-related executions including protesters.
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“Since the start of the conflict on 28 February, seven people have been executed in connection with the protests”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the claim about 7 executions linked to protests since February 28.
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“Six people convicted of membership of the exiled opposition group Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) have also been executed, along with one person convicted of spying for Israel”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the claim about MEK members or spying convictions.
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“Iran has long been the world's second most prolific executioner after China”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the claim about Iran's ranking as the second most prolific executioner after China.
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“last year saw the highest number of recorded executions in the Islamic Republic for 36 years, with an average of four per day”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the claim about 36-year high executions or daily averages.
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“795 of the 1,639 people hanged were convicted of drug-related offences, a 58% increase compared to 2024”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the 58% increase claim compared to 2024.
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“747 were convicted of murder, which was a 79% increase”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia to support the 79% increase claim compared to 2024.
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“At least 48 women were executed, which was a 55% increase compared to 2024 and the highest number recorded in more than 20 years”
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“ethnic minorities and other marginalised groups were disproportionately represented among those executed”
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“just over half of the executions were based on sentences handed down by Revolutionary Courts after what the NGOs describe as 'grossly unfair trials and without due process'”
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“At least 16 people sentenced to death in connection with the 2022 'Woman, Life, Freedom' protests remain at risk of execution”
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“Twenty-seven others have been sentenced to death over the protests at the start of this year”
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