Iran Executes Over 130 People in a Month: Report

The UN General Assembly has recently passed a resolution criticizing the Islamic Republic for its human rights record.

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Iran executed at least 133 people in the Iranian month of Aban (ended November 20), according to a report by HRANA. The statistic translates to an average of more than four executions per day.

The UN General Assembly has recently passed a resolution criticizing the Islamic Republic for its human rights record, The Caspian Post reports, citing Iran International.

The Wednesday resolution passed by the UN General Assembly also condemned "in the strongest terms the alarming increase in the application of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran in violation of its international obligations, including executions undertaken against persons on the basis of forced confessions and without fair trial and due process."

The resolution expressed "serious concern at the disproportionate application of the death penalty to persons belonging to minorities, particularly ethnic and religious minorities, who are targeted for death sentences relating to their alleged involvement in political or religious groups, and at the continued execution of women, which has reached the highest number of reported executions of women since 2013."

The resolution comes against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic's uptick in executions over the past few years. At least 711 people have been executed in Iran since January, according to the latest report by the Norway-based Iranian rights group Hengaw.