The Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) stated within the Thursday report that 4 had been hanged following collaborating within the protests which ignited late final 12 months.

Iran witnessed mass protests beginning in September 2022 which had been sparked by the loss of life of 22-year-old ethnic Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini, who died whereas in police custody.

The two teams condemned what they described as an “execution machine.”

In 2021, Iran executed 333 folks. The teams stated they’d additionally counted 151 executions to this point this 12 months.

Targeting non-protesters

Iran Human Rights Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated that the execution of the 4 protesters prompted robust worldwide reactions, making it “difficult for the Islamic republic to proceed with their executions.”

“To compensate, and in order to spread fear among people, the authorities have intensified the execution for non-political charges,” Moghaddam stated.

“Every execution in Iran is political, regardless of the charges,” Moghaddam stated, describing these sentenced to loss of life on medication or prison costs as “low-cost victims” for the regime in Tehran, as a result of their execution was much less liable to attract wider condemnation.

As per the report, over half of these executed for the reason that begin of the protests had been sentenced to loss of life on drug-related costs. In 2022, 49% of the executions had been over homicide costs.

The teams additionally highlighted a scarcity of transparency with asserting the executions. They stated that over 88% of all executions and 99% of drug-related ones weren’t formally introduced by the authorities.

Iran met the September 2022 protests with brute drive, prompting a number of Western sanctions and international condemnation.