According to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Islamic Republic of Iran murdered more than 1,000 inmates in 86 jails throughout the nation in 2024. The death toll is “an unprecedented figure in the past three decades,” according to the report, and it is 16% higher than the 864 executions that took place in 2023.
In the latter part of the year, the majority of the regime’s executions occurred. Nearly 70% happened following President Masoud Pezeshkian’s election in July. In the fourth quarter of 2024, when the regime “faced severe defeats in the region and mounting economic and social crises,” almost 47% of the attacks occurred, according to the NCRI.
The executions are a “desperate attempt to prevent the uprising of an angry populace who will settle for nothing less than the regime’s complete overthrow,” according to Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI’s president-elect. However, the youth of Iran are even more determined to overthrow the Islamic tyranny as a result of these archaic crimes.
“Any talks or dealings with [the regime] must be contingent on ending executions and torture,” Rajavi said. Its leaders must be held accountable for 45 years of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN for comment on the high number of executions carried out by the regime. The Mission chose not to respond.
According to Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “the regime is attempting to double down to prevent a contagion effect on the home front the more it appears weak abroad.” By expanding the number of executions—including those of political prisoners, nonviolent criminals, and even hostages—it is achieving this goal. October, according to Taleblu, saw “a record number of killings by the clerical regime.”
