Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Iran ExecutionsGeneva, 5 August 2026I 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. I urge the authorities to urgently halt all executions and move towards the abolition of the death penalty. Several executions have reportedly been carried out in public. Some have reportedly been carried out only weeks after arrest. The death penalty is incompatible with the right to life and irreconcilable with human dignity.