Commission and, in general, any appeals courts including the Supreme Court, there is little evidence to suggest that these complaints are properly investigated and adjudicated. Iran does not have any administrative processes or independent human rights monitoring mechanisms in place to ensure the prohibition of capital punishment.25 Between January 2015 and December 2018, the Islamic Republic of Iran reportedly executed at least 2,303 people.26 Reports received by OHCHR indicated a decrease in the number of executions between 2017 and 2018 (437 in 2017 compared to 207 in 2018 for the same period).27 On the other hand, World Coalition against the Death Penalty (ECPM) and Iran Human Rights reported at least 280 executions in 2019, against 273 in 2018.28 29 30 31 While the amendment of the law on drug trafficking reduced the number of offences punishable by the death penalty, the Islamic Republic of Iran still sentences a wide range of crimes with the capital punishment. In 2019, Iran was the second country with the highest number of reported executions, behind China.32 33 34 35 The Government continues to carry out executions.36 37 Reportedly, a significant number of individuals are currently on death row in the Islamic Republic of Iran38 with seemingly no prospect of commutation. The Government, the Judiciary and the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran have not removed the death penalty as punishment for all offences other than the most serious crimes and have not ensured that all individuals sentenced to death for offences other than intentional killing have their sentences commuted 25 Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee, Abdorrahman Center, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Impact Iran and Human Rights Activists in Iran, 2020, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fICS%2fIRN%2f42313 &Lang=en 26 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1305732019ENGLISH.PDF 27 Report of the UN Secretary General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, February 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G19/028/77/PDF/G1902877.pdf?OpenElement 28 ECPM, Iran Human Rights, https://www.ecpm.org/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-iran-2020-gb-070420-WEB.pdf 29 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/ 30 See more: Abdorrahman Boroumand Center https://www.iranrights.org/projects/omidmap 31 See more: Human Rights Activists in Iran https://www.en-hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Annual-Report-ofExecutions-2019.pdf 32 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/ 33 See more: ECPM, Iran Human Rights https://iranhr.net/media/files/Rapport_iran_2019-GB-BD.pdf 34 See more: Abdorrahman Boroumand Center https://www.iranrights.org/projects/omidmap 35 See more: Human Rights Activists in Iran https://www.en-hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Annual-Report-ofExecutions-2019.pdf 36 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/5328/ 37 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://iranhumanrights.org/2020/12/three-baluch-prisoners-executed-three-others-inimminent-danger-of-execution/ 38 Radio Farda, https://en.radiofarda.com/a/more-than-thirty-people-are-on-death-row-in-iran-says-afkari-slawyer/30840157.html 4