The UN rights office reported ethnic minorities and migrants were disproportionately targeted by Iranian authorities
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said on Friday, decrying “a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation”.
The United Nations rights office said there had been a “major increase in executions during the first half of 2025”.
“Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people since the beginning of the year and up until August 28, 2025,” spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva, warning that “the real situation might be different. It might be worse, given the lack of transparency”.
In July alone, she said Iran had executed at least 110 individuals – double the number of people executed in July 2024.
