Executions in Iran could top 1,000 this year, says Amnesty International

Human rights charity says 694 people have been put to death in the last six months, nearly matching the toll for the whole of 2014 Iran is thought to have executed nearly 700 people in the first half of 2015, according to reports compiled by Amnesty International that far exceed the 246 deaths officially declared by authorities in Tehran. The human rights charity says "credible reports" put the true toll for the period up to 15 July at 694 people, the equivalent of three executions a day, and ne...