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UN rips ‘deeply troubling’ Iran for executing at least 56 people since start of war: ‘Has no place in our world’

  • August 6, 2026

The bloodthirsty Iranian regime has executed at least 56 people on dubious national security charges since March, according to the United Nations — which blasted Iran for the “deeply troubling” practice.

Twenty-seven of the 56 were linked to the widespread January protests against the country’s despotic regime and brutal treatment of its citizens.

Another roughly 100 people are believed to currently be awaiting execution on similar charges, according to the BBC.

The United Nations issued a sharp rebuke of Iran’s prolific use of capital punishment in a recent statement.
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The barbaric executions — which are often carried out in public — are part of a widespread tactic “to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent,” UN human rights chief Volker Türk said in a recent scathing statement.

“Such punishment has no place in our world,” Türk said.

The chief also raised alarm about the judicial process that leads to capital punishment — saying trials and due process were nearly non-existent in Iran.

“Several executions have reportedly been carried out in public. Some have reportedly been carried out only weeks after arrest,” Türk said. “Twelve defendants were reportedly sentenced to death following a single three-hour closed-door hearing.”

Iran is notorious for its use of executions — which it metes out so liberally that the country is the second-most prolific user of capital punishment on Earth.

In 2026, a stunning 2,159 people were executed in Iran, Amnesty International reported.

That was the highest number of people executed in the country since 1981 and came during 12 months of widespread public dissent over the Iranian government’s treatment of its people.

Source : https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/iran-has-executed-at-least-56-people-since-start-of-war-un/

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