Annual Amnesty International Report: Iran Has the Highest Execution Rate per Capita in the World

According to the annual report by Amnesty International published on Thursday, Iran remains the second country in the world in terms of high execution statistics, with 507 executions last year. The report states that without counting China, 84% of the world's total executions took place in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Pakistan. Amnesty International also mentions that the judicial process for many individuals sentenced to death in Iran has been 'unfair' and that their confessions were obtained under 'torture.' The execution of four juvenile offenders (individuals who were under 18 at the time of the crime) and the carrying out of 31 death sentences in public in Iran are other issues highlighted in this report. Additionally, the program 'Daricheh' this week discusses the confirmation of the death sentence for Ramin Hossein Panahi, a prisoner from Kurdistan, the ongoing detention and lack of information regarding the status of Christian convert Aziz Majidzadeh, the awarding of the Sakharov Prize by the American Physical Society to imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, and news about other political and ideological prisoners in Iran.