Statement of 21 organizations and networks opposed to the Islamic Republic on the occasion of October 10, the World Day Against the Death Penalty: The Islamic Republic’s killing machine must be stopped immediately While the international community is preoccupied with preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons, the regime deploys another deadly weapon on a daily basis: the death penalty. According to figures from Iran Human Rights, in the first nine months of this year alone the regime has executed more than 1030 people. Such numbers are unprecedented in the past three decades. If this state-organised crime continues at the current pace, executions in Iran by year’s end will account for a large share of the world’s total. The sharp escalation in executions—up more than 40 per cent since the twelve-day war with Israel—demands that no one remain silent in the face of these state crimes. Now is the time not only to block the regime from acquiring nuclear arms, but also...