Iran to execute more than 1000 people in 2011...

Iran, which set off a diplomatic storm by hanging a Dutch-Iranian woman, is on target to execute a record number of over 1,000 people this year, rights groups said Sunday.

And the execution of Zahra Bahrami is just the latest case of a ’serious lack of transparency’ in Iran’s growing use of capital punishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

The Netherlands froze contacts with Iran following Saturday’s execution.

Many groups say Iran has the highest per capita execution rate in the world. More...

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