UN report condemns executions, hijab crackdown in Iran

FILE - A protester holds a rope as writing on her neck reads "#no to the death penalty" during a rally in support of anti-government protesters in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 19, 2022. A U.N. report released June 21, 2024, criticizes the high number of executions in Iran.

A report by the United Nations secretary-general condemns the high number of executions carried out in Iran last year and the government’s violent crackdown against women and girls for defying the country’s mandatory hijab law.