UN Sounds Alarm as Iran Steps Up Executions to Silence Dissent
10th August 2026
The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm over a sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran, warning that authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate the population and suppress dissent.
As Muslims historically do.
“I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March, and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in an Aug. 5 statement. source
As the U.N. and E.U. would do if they thought they could get away with it.