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Iran more than doubled executions in 2025 as global use of the death penalty hit 44-year high, report says

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Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

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  1. NPR

    Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad (opens NPR)

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    The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

  2. Al-Monitor

    'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions: Amnesty (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Iran put to death over 2,150 people last year, a "staggering" increase that pushed recorded worldwide executions to their highest level since 1981, Amnesty International said Monday.Amnesty said it had confirmed the executions of at least 2,707 people globally in 2025.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Executions worldwide hit 40-year high, Amnesty says (opens Deutsche Welle)

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  4. Aleteia

    Global executions hit 44-year high: U.S. helped drive spike (opens Aleteia)

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    Aleteia's feed description

    Only 17 nations had executions in 2025; 2/3 of countries do not use capital punishment. Those 17 more than made up for the rest. Numbers in USA and Iran jumped.

  5. New York Post

    Iran pushed global executions to a 44-year high in 2025 — more than doubling the number of people it killed in 2024 (opens New York Post)

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    The ruthless Iranian regime executed over 2,100 people in 2025, more than doubling the number of those put to death the year before -- and pushing the total number of executions across the globe to a staggering 44-year high, a shocking new report said.

  6. CBS News

    Iran more than doubled executions in 2025 as global use of the death penalty hit 44-year high, report says (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

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