According to reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), at least 1,900 people have been executed since the election of President Hassan Rouhani in June 2013. Despite the highest execution rate in more than two decades, Iranian authorities haven't met any major criticism from the international community.
Since the election of President Hassan Rouhani and a significant improvement in relations between Iranian and western officials, the rate of executions in Iran has been its highest in more than two decades.
At least 570 people have been hanged to death in the first six months of 2015, representing an average of more than three executions per day. IHR once again calls on the international community to take Iran's use of the death penalty seriously and show adequate reaction to it. "The dialogue between the West and Iran has apparently failed to improve the situation of the human rights in Iran. If any, the impact has been negative with regards to Iran's use of the death penalty," says Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson for IHR.
According to IHR's latest report, at least 394 people have been executed for drug related charges in the first half of 2015, counting for 69% of all executions. At least 190 of these executions were carried out in Ghezel Hesar and Rajai Shahr prisons located in the city of Karaj (west of Tehran).
Facts about the executions in Iran for the first half of 2015: