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Capital punishment in Iran has roughly been cut in half because of drug law reform, a human rights organization reports. Executions in Iran have also been cut in half after historic law reforms, according to Human Rights Watch and Harm Reduction International. Iran had 225 executions in 2018, of which 91 were for drug offenses. In 2017, there were 507 executions, according to a March 17 story in Current Events. The decrease in drug- related executions is due to new amendments in drug laws, which were motivated in part by … [Read more...] about Iranian legal reforms reduce executions