Norway-based Iran Human Rights reported that the Islamic Republic has executed 85 political prisoners, including eight Afghan citizens, in various prisons over the past 20 days.
On Tuesday, August 21, the human rights organisation presented the statistics of those executed, calling on people to join the "No Executions Tuesdays" campaign and protest against the execution by the Islamic Republic.
The findings of Iran Human Rights researchers show that since the beginning of August, the Islamic Republic has "hanged" these prisoners in Ghezel Hesar, Karaj Central Prison, Yasuj, Minab, Zahedan, Mashhad, Gorgan, Kerman, Bam, and Rafsanjan prisons.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the organisation's director, said that the Islamic Republic is the world's largest executioner per capita. "We call on people and civil society organisations opposed to the death penalty around the world to support the brave activists by showing solidarity to the “No Death Penalty Tuesday” strikes,” he stated.
The human rights organisation has not commented on the crimes of the executed prisoners.
Earlier, the Hengaw Human Rights Organisation announced the execution of eight prisoners, including two Afghan prisoners, in Yazd and Shiraz Central Prisons.
Recently, Iran Human Rights published a report stating that at least 300 people, including 20 Afghans, have been executed in the Islamic Republic's prisons in the first seven months of this year.
Officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Taliban have not yet commented on the execution of Afghan citizens and their charges in Iran.
