Tehran. The use of the death penalty in Iran saw an alarming surge in 2025. According to two international human rights organizations, at least 1,639 people were executed that year. This figure marks the highest number since 1989 and signals the state's use of capital punishment as a tool for repression.A joint report released by the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) indicates that this number is 68 percent higher than in 2024, when 975 people were executed. Among those executed, 48 were women, the highest number in the last two decades.The...