{"id":79277,"date":"2025-10-06T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=79277"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:20:09","slug":"world-day-against-the-death-penalty-and-irans-resistance-against-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/10\/world-day-against-the-death-penalty-and-irans-resistance-against-executions\/79277\/","title":{"rendered":"World Day Against the Death Penalty and Iran\u2019s Resistance Against Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" — On the 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty, Iran\u2019s regime faces global outrage over rising executions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A Global Day of Advocacy<\/h3>\n
October 10 marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty<\/em>, established in 2003 by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Now in its 22nd year, this global day unites human rights defenders, NGOs, and citizens worldwide in calling for an end to executions. It serves as a reminder of the universal right to life and the urgent need to abolish capital punishment in all its forms.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Escalating Use of Executions<\/h3>\n
In 2025, Iran has witnessed an unprecedented surge in executions. According to Amnesty International<\/a>, over 1,000 people have been executed in the past year \u2014 a horrifying assault on the right to life. The regime uses the death penalty not as a tool of justice but as an instrument of fear, aiming to suppress dissent, intimidate society, and stifle any spark of uprising among a population yearning for freedom.<\/p>\n
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The ongoing escalation of executions in Iran has reached horrific proportions as the authorities continue to systematically weaponize the death penalty as a tool of repression and to quash dissent while displaying a chilling assault on the right to life.https:\/\/t.co\/Fnj9vzaNSa<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n