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Almost three-quarters of the recorded executions were carried out in Iran alone. In the US, meanwhile, executions rose for the second consecutive year. But a record low number of countries, 16, executed people in 2023.
Shafaq News/ Executions surged to their highest number in nearly a decade in 2023, driven by a sharp rise in Iran and setbacks in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International said o