News Center- Iran executed at least 152 people, including four women, five Afghan nationals, 19 Baluch, nine Kurdish and two Arab minorities, in May 2025, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said in a report on Monday.

According to the report, only 15 (10%) of the executed people were announced by official sources, 74 people (nearly 49%) were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, 68 of those executed (45%) were on death row for drug-related offences, four people were executed for the security-related charges of baghy (armed rebellion), efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) and moharebeh (enmity against god), one of the executed people was accused of espionage for Israel and three were for armed robberies, six people were on death row for rape charges and one of the executions took place in a public space

In the first five months of 2025, at least 511 people, including 16 women, 32 Afghan nationals and one unknown foreign national were executed in Iran, according to the report. “Of those, 244 were for drug-related offences, 233 were for murder, 16 for security-related charges and 16 for rape. Only 28 executions or 5% were announced by official sources. Two of the executions were carried out in public spaces.”

The number of executions in the first five months of 2025 were 96% higher than those recorded in the same period last year when 261 executions were recorded, the report said.

“Those who are executed do not receive a fair trial and are often among the most vulnerable segments of society. Despite the unprecedentedly high number of executions in Iran, the international community has not shown an adequate response to this human rights crisis,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Iran Human Rights. “We call on the United Nations, the European Union, and countries that maintain diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic to protest and increase the cost of executions for the Iranian authorities. Without backlash, we will witness hundreds more executions in the coming months.”