Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups

Families under pressure to stay silent amid internet blackout as executions reportedly surge with 24 killed in March

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Iran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families, according to rights groups and sources close to the relatives of the dead.

Many families only learn of executions after they have been carried out, with some facing harassment and pressure not to speak publicly on the personal impact of the state killings, the sources said.