Iran: Further Information: Thousands at risk of execution in Iran

There is an ongoing execution crisis in Iran, which has reached horrific proportions.

Thousands of people are at risk of execution after being sentenced to death, including for drug-related offences or overly broad and vaguely worded charges following grossly unfair trials, or are facing investigations or prosecutions on capital charges.

Since the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising, the authorities have weaponized the death penalty as a tool of oppression, with over 800 people executed thus far in 2025 alone.

Read in full here; https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/0277/2025/en/