Hundreds of Iranian activists condemned Tehran’s alarming use of the death penalty – after a coalition of dissident groups reported the hangings of 280 people, including children, in October alone. The record number is twice as many as the same period in 2024, and a death toll not seen in three decades. Among those hanged in October were 36 women and six children, the National Council of Resistance of Iran noted — and in the seven months from March to October of this year, a record 1,135 people