UN rights office: Iran has executed more than 200 people this year

'This is an abominable record,’ said the UN Human Rights Office while citing that Iran has executed 209 people so far this year. The majority have been for drug-related offences

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

GENEVA, May 9 - Iran has executed 209 people so far this year, a spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, describing its record as "abominable" and calling for them to halt. "The U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk today expressed dismay at the frighteningly high number of executions this year in Iran," Ravina Shamdasani told a Geneva press briefing. "On average so far this year, over 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, making it one of the world's highest executors," she added, saying most were for drug-related offences.

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