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IRAN: Annual report on the death penalty 2016

The 9th annual report of Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty gives an assessment and analysis of death penalty trends in 2016 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

The 9th annual report of the organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran shows that in 2016 at least 530 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

(...) 296  (56%) were executed for drug-related charges. (IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS, 07.03.2017)

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2814/