Executions in Iran in 2015 to hit over 1,000: UN

Dubai - Iran reportedly executes more individuals than any other country in the world.

International human rights organizations foresee that death penalty cases Iran had executed by end of 2015 are to hit over 1,000 cases.
This figure is twofold the capital punishment cases the Iranian authorities carried out in 2014. Reports showed that Iran had put to death over 753 people during the first six months of 2015, indicating that the  average execution cases during such a period was three cases per day.
According to such figures, the death penalty cases will cross 1,000 by end of 2015, based on reports released by the Amnesty International in July of 2015.
Amnesty International in its report said that the Iranian authorities approve a certain number of death penalty cases, but the real number for those who have been already executed exceed the number declared by Iran.
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According to Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on Iran, in his annual report noted that Iran executed at least 694 people between January 1 and September 15, 2015, putting the execution rate for the first half of this year at its highest in about 25 years. Iran reportedly executes more individuals than any other country in the world.
He said Iran executed 289 people in 2014, while Amnesty International said the true number was 743 people.
In a report he tackled before the UN assembly meeting in November last year, Shaheed said that Iran continues to execute more individuals per capita than any other country in the world. Executions have been rising at an exponential rate since 2005 and peaked in 2014 at a shocking 753 executions. This spate reportedly accelerated at a further staggering rate during the first seven months of this year. Human rights organizations report that well over 800 executions have taken place this year, putting Iran on track to exceed 1,000 executions by the end of 2015.
Other previous reports released by human rights organizations and media blamed the Iranian regime led by former president Ahmadi Nejad, following the protests staged by the green movement in Iran, for using excessive capital punishment and death penalty to threaten and terrorize opponents and suppress any uprising.
The United Press quoted an Iranian university professor as saying that Iran's regime did not expect that the people would stage a protest after the elections. The aim of the execution Iranian authorities carry out is to terrorize its people and smother them.
The United Nations, in December 1, 2014, condemned the Iranian infringements of human rights for using more capital punishment.
International human rights organizations unfolded that Iran uses unconditional death penalty, especially in political cases. These ruling are often handed down by courts of law that lack independence and neutrality.

• MENA