More than 900 people were reportedly executed in Iran in 2024, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United Nations Human Rights Office says. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, rights office spokesperson Liz Throssell says "we're deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions," explaining that most cases were for "drug-related offences, but dissidents and people connected to the 2022 protests were also executed." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES