Iran has broken its own record for executing the most women in one year, according to new figures. The United Nations said 31 women were hanged in prisons in 2024 – the highest annual number since records began 17 years ago.

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report says the death toll is “an unprecedented figure in the past three decades,” and represents an increase of 16% from the 864 executions conducted in 2023.

Women, children and members of Iran's oppressed Baluchi population were among those excecuted by the country's brutal regime.

At least 901 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in December, according to the UN human rights chief. "It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year,

Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use of capital punishment in the Islamic republic. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR),

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage, the U.N.

Iran executed at least 31 women in 2024, marking the highest number recorded in a year since 2008, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR). This surge has highlighted systemic issues, including the use of capital punishment to enforce societal control and gender inequalities in the justice system Iran executed 31 women in 2024,