Human rights organizations are sounding the alarm over Iran’s sharp rise in executions this year, with reports indicating at least 600 death sentences carried out as authorities crack down on dissent. Among the latest cases is a 23-year-old accounting student sentenced to death for blasphemy after a social media post, in addition to a lengthy prison term from separate charges. The woman, currently detained in northeastern Iran, faces execution under both revolutionary and criminal court rulings. Critics warn the escalating use of capital punishment signals deepening repression amid broader concerns over judicial fairness.
Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this yearHuman rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court. Continue reading...
