Overview

• The UN human rights office says executions rose sharply in the first half of 2025.
• At least 110 people were executed in July, roughly double the total in July 2024.
• Seven executions have been conducted in public, which the UN says traumatizes communities, including children.
• Eleven people face imminent execution, including six accused of links to the exiled MEK and five convicted over the 2022 protests.
• Iran’s Supreme Court recently upheld the death sentence of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi as the UN urges a halt to executions and warns the real toll may be higher due to limited transparency.