{"id":31736,"date":"2022-02-01T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T08:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=31736"},"modified":"2022-02-01T09:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T08:07:41","slug":"record-number-of-executions-in-iranian-prisoners-in-january-2022-compared-to-previous-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/02\/record-number-of-executions-in-iranian-prisoners-in-january-2022-compared-to-previous-year\/31736\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number of Executions in Iranian Prisoners in January 2022 Compared to Previous Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"At — _{At least 47 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons in January 2022, according to statistics obtained by Iran Human Rights Monitor.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs the first month of 2022 comes to an end, statistics have already come in to account the number of execution<\/a>s that have already taken place in Iranian prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Iran Human Rights Monitor, 47 prisoners have been executed by the Iranian regime within the last 31 days, which is a stark increase in comparison to the number of executions that took place in January 2021, which totalled to 31 executions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the 47 latest executions, at least 17 were carried out for drug-related offences and 24 were carried out for murder charges. Of the remaining executions, two men were sentenced to death after being found guilty of charges related to homosexuality, and a further three prisoners were sent to the gallows on the charges of Moharebeh, the Iranian regime\u2019s crime designation for those they believe are \u2018waging a war on god\u2019 by opposing the mullahs\u2019 fundamentalist theocracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the regime tends to execute many people in secret and with no official verifiable records, the actual number of executions that have taken place must be considered to be higher than stated, so it is possible that more prisoners have lost their lives in the past month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran HRM said<\/a>, \u201cThe high number of executions highlights the abysmal human rights conditions in Iran which has been worsened since the Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> took office last year. The clerical regime\u2019s president is known as \u2018the butcher of Tehran\u2019 for his direct role in the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners<\/a> in just a few months in 1988<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Iranian regime continues to face ever growing discontent within Iranian society, they are desperate to preserve their rule in any way that they possibly can, which has led to the intensification of executions, cases of torture, and widespread repression across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has also come to light that many of the death sentences given to prisoners have been handed down by the Iranian Judiciary have been based on forced confessions from prisoners that have been extracted while they have been subjected to torture from prison officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the last executions that took place during the first month of 2022 took place on January 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abdolbaset Rigi, a prisoner at Zahedan Prison, was sentenced to death under the charges of \u201cmurder\u201d and \u201ccollaborating with opposition groups.\u201d The 33-year-old Saravan resident was arrested back in 2018 by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>) intelligence forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAbdol Baset Rigi, an Iranian from the Baloch minority was executed today in the Central Prison of Zahedan, SE #Iran<\/a>
The 33 y\/o father of 3, was sentenced to death for murder, but repeatedly denied the charges.
He was subjected to torture to make \u201cconfessions.\u201d #HumanRights<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/m3XMgOBANE<\/a><\/p>\u2014 IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) January 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>}