Iran executed 15,000 people over drug-related crimes since 1979 - report
According to Amnesty, in 2018 Iran was only second to China in terms of number of executions, with 253 people killed. This year, 173 people had been executed by July, a report by the UN said.
People stage a mock hanging as they protest outside German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin February 4, 2013, where Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi's was due to deliver a speech.(photo credit: THOMAS PETER/REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF