Hundreds of MPs call for action against Iran’s mass use of the death penalty

Iranian activist Reza Rasaei was executed in August this year on charges human rights groups say are false - (Amnesty International)

Hundreds of MPs have signed a petition urging the British government to pressure Iran into ending its use of the death penalty.

The cross-bench movement, carrying more than 250 signatures, including former government ministers, comes amid reports that Iran’s use of the death penalty has spiked in the months following the election of new president Masoud Pezeshkian in July.