Iran Executes Three More Prisoners, Including Woman

The Islamic Republic's judiciary has executed three more prisoners, including a woman. 

Rokna news agency reported on April 25 the three executions in Karaj for murder convictions.

Details of the first two cases, involving a middle-aged man who allegedly killed his wife and another man who fatally stabbed someone in a street fight, were limited. 

Their identities remain undisclosed.

The third case involved Sahar, a woman convicted of murdering her 70-year-old husband and taking his gold. 

The Supreme Court upheld the initial verdicts issued by the Tehran Criminal Court, leading to the executions.

In the past couple of weeks, Iran has witnessed a surge in the execution of prisoners. 

However, these coincided with the country's conflict with Israel, diverting international attention away from the executions.

According to a report by Amnesty International, Iran has reached its highest level of death sentence execution in the last eight years, with the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executing 853 people in 2023 alone.

The report indicates that 481 executions, more than half of the total, were related to drug crimes. This marks an 89 percent increase in the death penalty compared to 2022 when 255 people were executed for drug-related offenses.

The latest numbers also show a staggering 264 percent increase compared to 2021, when 132 individuals faced execution for similar charges.