The protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly flouting Iran's dress rules for women, have abated somewhat in the last months but still continue sporadically. Over 20 percent of those executed in May - 30 people - were from the largely Sunni Baluch minority concentrated in the southeast of the country, it added. "The purpose of the Islamic Republic's intensification of arbitrary executions is to spread societal fear to prevent protests and prolong its rule," said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam "If the international community doesn't show a stronger reaction to the current wave of executions, hundreds more will fall victim to their killing machine in the coming months." It said 59 percent of those hanged this year - 180 people - were executed for drug-related charges. Seven men have been hanged in cases related to the protests but activists say executions have surged in less high profile cases, particularly over drug and murder convictions, with ethnic minorities disproportionately targeted.
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