According to human rights sources, the Iranian regime executed at least 1,050 people in the Persian Calendar year 1403 (March 21, 2024 to March 21, 2025). Additionally, over 30,000 women faced punitive measures for not adhering to the regime’s mandatory hijab rules.
During this period, at least 3,702 protests and strikes took place, and a minimum of 355 Iranian citizens were shot by security forces.
The human rights website HRANA reported that the year 2024 was a tragic continuation of Iran’s ongoing human rights violations.
The report emphasized that “the provided statistics cannot fully represent the human rights situation in Iran” because the Iranian regime does not allow independent human rights organizations to operate freely or access necessary information.
Executions
According to HRANA’s report, the Iranian regime executed at least 1,050 people in 2024, including 29 women and five juvenile offenders.
The report also states that five of these executions were carried out in public.
Additionally, 189 people were sentenced to death during this period, and the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of 55 individuals.
Issuing and enforcing the death penalty for individuals under 18 is a violation of international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Iran has ratified.
Iran remains one of the few countries in the world that continues to execute juvenile offenders.
The sharp rise in the issuance, confirmation, and implementation of death sentences in recent months has sparked widespread protests both inside and outside Iran.
In the latest international reaction, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressed concern in his first report about the regime’s use of executions as a tool to suppress the population.
On March 18, a group of families of political prisoners sentenced to death gathered in Sarab Park in Sonqor, Kermanshah province, to protest the death sentences issued against their loved ones and other prisoners.
Women and Children’s Rights
In its annual report on women’s rights in Iran, HRANA stated that in 2024, the Iranian regime took punitive action against at least 30,642 women for not adhering to the mandatory hijab.
The report recorded 16,567 cases of domestic violence, 125 femicides, 33 honor killings—including the murder of 19 men—five acid attacks, and three suicides during this period.
Regarding children’s rights, HRANA documented at least 4,296 cases of child abuse, at least 27 instances of child rape and sexual assault, 43 cases of child homicide, 14 deaths, and 204 child injuries due to official negligence. The report also recorded 58 child suicides, five honor killings, three abandoned newborns, nine deaths, and 17 injuries among child laborers.
Over the past year, at least three million students dropped out of school, and approximately two million children were recorded as child laborers.
Killing of Citizens
According to HRANA’s report, a total of 355 citizens were shot by military forces throughout 2024, resulting in 156 deaths.
This includes the deaths of 31 cross-border porters (kulbars), 42 fuel porters (sookhtbars), and 83 other civilians.
Over the past year, 199 citizens were also injured due to indiscriminate shooting by Iran’s military forces, including 105 kulbars, 51 ordinary citizens, and 43 fuel porters.
HRANA also noted that 30 other kulbars suffered accidents due to harsh environmental and geographical conditions, such as hypothermia and falling from heights. Among them, 21 were injured, and nine lost their lives.
Additionally, 19 fuel smugglers were involved in accidents due to military chases, resulting in five deaths and 14 injuries.
Earlier, on February 23, the Baluch Activists Campaign, which covers news from Sistan and Baluchestan province, reported that in the past seven years, at least 1,010 fuel porters in Baluch-populated areas of Iran had been killed or injured due to military shootings or pursuits.
On February 22, the human rights organization HANA reported that in 2024, at least 41 Kurdish kulbars were killed by direct fire from Iranian border guards, and 216 others were injured.
Protest Gatherings
According to HRANA’s report, at least 2,255 protest gatherings took place in Iran in 2024.
Among these protests, 724 were labor protests, 1,187 were related to professional and trade unions, 74 were related to freedom of thought and expression, 47 were student protests, and 48 were environmental protests.
Additionally, 175 protest gatherings were organized by citizens—mainly those who had lost their savings or other individuals whose rights had been violated—across 31 provinces in the country.
In addition to protest gatherings, at least 70 professional strikes and 1,377 labor strikes were held.
These statistics indicate a sharp rise in professional and labor protests in Iran, with a total of 3,702 protests and strikes recorded over the past year.
