267 in 2020: Iran ‚obsessively‘ carrying out executions, rights groups say – Report by activists says Islamic Republic using death penalty less in recent years, but still leads world in per capita executions, usually after torture | Timesofisrael

Iran is “obsessively” executing death row inmates despite a decline in public support for capital punishment, rights activists said Tuesday as they released a report on the death penalty in the country.Iran executed at least 267 prisoners last year, according to the report by the Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) and Iran Human Rights (IHR).