Iran executed over 1K prisoners in 2024 — its highest body count in 30 years: report

Iran executed over 1K prisoners in 2024 — its highest body count in 30 years: report


The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

The report says the death toll is “an unprecedented figure in the past three decades,” and represents an increase of 16% from the 864 executions conducted in 2023.

Most of the regime’s executions took place in the latter half of the year.

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Almost 70% occurred after the July election of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

About 47% took place in the fourth quarter of 2024, when the regime “faced severe defeats in the region and mounting economic and social crises,” the NCRI said.

Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the NCRI, said that the series

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