IHRNGO Says 55 People Executed in Iran in Jan.

Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) said, on Friday, that at least 55 people have been executed in the first 26 days of 2023.
Of those, 37 were executed for drug-related charges which, like protesters, are tried by the Revolutionary Courts without due process and fair trial rights, it said on its website.
At least 488 people, including 64 children and 39 women, have been killed by security forces in the current nationwide protests. Around 107 protesters are currently at risk of execution, death penalty charges or sentences.
Underlining that the main purpose of the death penalty is to create societal fear and terror, Iran Human Rights draws the attention of Iranian people and the international community to the high number of ordinary crime executions and reiterates that every execution by the Islamic Republic is political.
Director Mahmood Amiry Moghaddam said the lack of attention by the media, public and international community towards the execution of ordinary crime prisoners will lower the political cost of executing protesters. “To stop the state execution machine, no execution should be tolerated, whether they be political or non-political.”