The clerical regime ruling Iran, engulfed by internal and external crises, has increased the number of executions in an unprecedented way hanging 57 prisoners only during seven days. This means hanging one prisoner in every three hours. This is while secret executions continue unabated.
On May 21, Mullah’s regime reported that 14 prisoners were hanged together in a group execution in Tehran. The regime did not release any details about their identities or the location where the executions took place. On the same day, three other prisoners were hanged in the city of Shiraz located south of Iran. Additionally, according to Iranian state-run media on May 20, another three prisoners were hanged in northern city of Sari and Sanandaj in the west. Also in Northwest city of Ardebil three prisoners were hanged on May 17 and on the same day two young men were hanged in Isfahan in central Iran. A woman was among seven other prisoners who were hanged together in Kermanshah in the west on May 15. Also a man was reported hanged in Tehran on the same day.