UN: Iran Executed Over 200 People This Year

The spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, Ravina Shamdasani, stated today, Tuesday, that "Iran has executed 209 people since the beginning of this year," describing its human rights record as "terrible." In a press briefing in Geneva, she noted that "UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk expressed today his dismay at the alarmingly high number of executions in Iran this year. On average, more than 10 people are executed weekly in Iran since the beginning of this year, making it the country with the highest number of executions in the world."