29 February 2012
Death sentences are on the rise in Iran mainly for drug trafficking, but also for moharebeh or enmity to God and even for sodomy. According to Iran Human Rights figures, the number of executions was at their highest in 2011, than for the past decade. They presented their 2011 Report a few days before the March 2 parliamentary elections, which revealed that 675 people were executed and of these, 65 were executed in city squares.