According to the Iran Human Rights Society, the Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to surpass the record number of executions against opponents by 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year.
Critics are hiding behind the war with the US and Israel, saying the regime appears desperate to eliminate the opposition, especially after anti-regime demonstrations that rocked the country’s rulers and led to tens of thousands of people being killed by the country’s security forces and militias.
In March, the regime faced condemnations, including from President Donald Trump, over the execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.
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A demonstrator holds signs reading ‘Stop executions in Iran’ and ‘Liberate Iran’ during the demonstration. Demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street to protest executions in Iran and in support of freedom for Iran. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mai Sato, said at least six executions have taken place since the war began on March 30. X account that two more executions took place on March 31.
Sato described the regime’s known victims as protesters, an accused spy for Israel, and individuals accused of “armed rebellion” against the regime. Sato said that “due to the internet outage, it is unclear who else has been executed or is at risk of being executed.” She said: “What is clear is that the death penalty is being used as a tool to suppress political opposition in wartime.”
Cars burn in a street during a protest against the collapse of the currency in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)
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NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee member Ali Safavi called for “urgent action” to save the lives of Amerian and Montazer.
Maryam Rajavi, the newly elected president of the NCRI, wrote on X that the March 31 execution “reflects the fear and desperation of the clerical regime.” She called on the United Nations and its member states to take “practical and effective measures, including the closure of embassies and the expulsion of the regime’s terrorist diplomats and agents.”
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Before the Islamic Republic killed thousands of its own people during protests in January, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the Islamic Republic had carried out “at least” 1,500 executions in 2025. According to the High Commissioner, “the scale and pace of executions suggest a systematic use of the death penalty as an instrument of state intimidation, with disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants.”
Amnesty International has raised similar concerns, additionally noting that five “young protesters” are now “at immediate risk of execution” having been transferred from Ghezal Hesar “to an unknown location” as of March 31.
