UN rights chief alarmed by rise in Iran executions since March

The lead

Volker Türk says 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases linked to January's protests

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What led here

Earlier reporting from BBC and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of rights, chief, alarmed, rise, iran: Volker Türk says 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases linked to January's protests.