WORLD_ UN Sounds Alarm as Iran Steps up Executions to Silence Dissent ( Tom Ozimek - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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UN Sounds Alarm as Iran Steps up Executions to Silence Dissent

The increase in executions has unfolded since the United States and Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran in late February.

Iranians attend an anti-regime protest in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. UGC via AP

Tom Ozimek
Reporter
8/8/2026|Updated: 8/8/2026


The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm over a sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran, warning that authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate the population and suppress dissent.

“I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March, and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in an Aug. 5 statement. source

Türk said that since March 19, at least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases connected to protests earlier this year.

More than 100 others face possible execution on similar charges, while executions for drug-related offenses are also continuing at what he described as an “alarming rate.”

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