Condemnation as Iran hangs three linked to Amini protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Since the start of the year, Iran has witnessed a surge in executions on various charges to campaigners' alarm.
48% :Iran executes more people a year than any other nation except China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International.
47% :"Australia stands with the people of Iran," Wong tweeted.
46% : At least 582 people were executed in Iran last year, the highest number of executions in the country since 2015 and well above the 333 recorded in 2021, the two groups said.
45% :"We must make the Islamic republic leaders understand that execution of protesters will not be tolerated," he said on Twitter.
44% : The European Union condemned the executions "in the strongest possible terms", foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.
38% : The authorities hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 than the previous year, IHR and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said in a joint report in April.
36% : During the protests, which Tehran labelled as foreign-instigated "riots", thousands of Iranians were arrested and hundreds killed, including dozens of security personnel.
35% : He called on Tehran to "refrain from applying the death penalty and carrying out future executions", adding that authorities should abide by "their obligations under international law" and respect "the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly".
34% : Iran on Friday executed three men convicted of killing security force members during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death last year, drawing condemnation from Western governments.
31% : The latest executions "must have serious consequences" for Tehran or dozens of "other protesters will be in danger", said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR).
30% : Iran witnessed waves of nationwide protests following the September 16 death of 22-year-old Amini, an Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women.

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