Iran's High Rate of Executions Continues to Draw International Criticism.
Iran has executed 194 people in 2023 alone, with one person being executed every six hours in the past ten days, according to a report by Iran Human Rights. Most of the executions were carried out on people accused of drug offences. The head of IHR said that the purpose of the executions is to create societal fear, not to fight crime. More than half of those executed were Baluch minorities and drug defendants from the most marginalised communities. The international community has remained silent on the issue.