Geneva, Aug 29, 2025 (AFP) - Iran has executed at least 841 people this year: UN

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More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said 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 Shamdas......

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