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Iran executed record 834 people last year, according to rights groups

Blindfolded Mahmoud Asgari, 16, left, and another unidentified teenager are set to be publicly hanged, in Mashhad, Iran, on charges of raping boys in this photo taken on July 19, 2005. ASSOCIATED PRESS - STR

Iran executed a "appaling" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, rights groups said Tuesday.

The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up some 43 percent on 2022.

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