联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·图尔克对伊朗自3月19日以来处死人数的增加表示警惕[1]。根据他的通报，至少56人因国家安全相关罪名被处死，其中包括27人与1月反政府抗议活动相关[1]。图尔克指出，超过100人目前面临因类似指控而被判处死刑的风险[1]。
针对这一情况，图尔克强烈敦促伊朗当局停止所有处死并最终废除死刑[1]。他表示"此类处罚在我们的世界里没有立足之地"[1]。联合国对伊朗的司法程序提出了严重关切，指出被告人缺乏公平审判的基本保障，且存在刑讯逼供获取供词的情况[1]。报道显示，至少12名被告曾在仅持续3小时的闭门听证会后即被判处死刑[1]。
伊朗的死刑执行规模引发国际重视。根据国际特赦组织的数据，伊朗去年处死至少2,159人，创下自1981年以来的最高纪录[1]。伊朗目前被认为是仅次于中国的世界第二大执行死刑国[1]。
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed serious concern over a sharp increase in executions in Iran, with at least 56 people put to death since March 19 on national security-related charges.[1] Among those executed, 27 were killed in cases connected to anti-government protests that took place in January.[1] Türk warned that over 100 additional individuals face the risk of execution on similar charges and called on Iranian authorities to halt all executions and abolish capital punishment.[1]
The executions have drawn criticism over inadequate trial safeguards and the use of coerced confessions in Iran's judicial system.[1] In one particularly concerning case, 12 defendants were reportedly sentenced to death following a closed-door hearing lasting only three hours.[1] Among those executed was 19-year-old Arvin Kheirkhahan, who was put to death on charges of "enmity against God."[1] Türk stated that such punishments have "no place in our world," underscoring the international alarm over the trend.[1]
The surge reflects a broader pattern of capital punishment in Iran, which carried out at least 2,159 executions last year—the highest recorded toll since 1981 according to Amnesty International.[1] Iran is considered the world's second-leading executioner of death sentences, after China.[1]