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At least 1,000 people executed in Iran in 2025, says human rights NGO

Iran's President Massoud Pezeshkian will appear at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. © MORTEZA FAKHRINEJAD / AFP

Iran has executed at least 1,000 people so far in 2025, an NGO said on Tuesday, denouncing a "mass killing campaign" in prisons in the Islamic republic.

At least 64 executions took place in the past week alone, an average of more than nine hangings per day, said the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group, which counts and verifies executions in Iran on a daily basis.

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