The note analyses the use of the death penalty by Iranian authorities, which fails to comply with Iran’s obligations under international human rights treaties to which it is a state party.
The note examines in particular:
– the broad range of crimes for which the death penalty is prescribed;
– the unfair trials that often result in the imposition of death sentences; and
– the use of capital punishment against children, women, ethnic minorities, and anti-government protesters.
Read the note:
The first Iran Note, published in September 2023, analysed Iran’s judiciary as a tool of repression and fear.