On the 6th (local time), people pass by a banner depicting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on a street in Tehran, Iran. AFP Yonhap News

The UK daily the Guardian reported on the 7th (local time) that Iran has tightened internal controls since the outbreak of war and is carrying out executions almost every day.

According to the Guardian, the Norway-based human rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said that the Iranian authorities have executed at least 24 inmates since March. Human rights groups argue that, contrary to claims by the authorities that the executions targeted death-row prisoners for drug or murder charges, the authorities are taking advantage of the turmoil caused by the recent war to eliminate anti-government forces.

It has been reported that after executions the Iranian authorities sometimes do not inform the bereaved families or refuse to hand over the bodies. The Guardian reported that many families of those on death row only learn of the execution after it takes place and then live under pressure to remain silent.

One source said, “Even before the execution, families were under pressure not to speak about it and believed that remaining silent might spare them,” and added, “However, they were ultimately executed, and the survivors remain silent in the hope that at least they can recover the body and lay their loved one to rest with dignity.”

In Iran, hundreds of people have been indicted on charges that could carry the death penalty, making it highly likely that executions will continue. According to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, the country carried out at least 1,600 executions in the past year alone.

IHR activist Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam said, “Many detainees are being forced to confess and are experiencing physical and psychological torture,” and added, “Because of the war, the Iranian regime's human rights violations and executions are not receiving attention, and the authorities are using this situation to intensify repression of the public.”