▁The ▁United ▁Nations , ▁Am n esty ▁International , ▁Iran ian ▁opposition ▁leaders ▁and ▁others ▁critic ized ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁Republic ▁of ▁Iran ▁for ▁its ▁high ▁rate ▁of ▁execution s ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁According ▁to ▁Ah med ▁Sh a he ed , ▁the ▁UN ▁Special ▁R app orte ur ▁for ▁Human ▁Rights ▁in ▁Iran , ▁Iran ▁executed ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 7 0 ▁people ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Over view ▁By ▁January ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁government ▁had ▁reported ly ▁executed ▁ 4 7 ▁people ▁since ▁the ▁New ▁Year ; ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁about ▁three ▁people ▁a ▁day . ▁The ▁International ▁Camp aign ▁for ▁Human ▁Rights ▁in ▁Iran ▁de cri ed ▁the ▁hang ings ▁as ▁" an ▁execution ▁b inge ▁orch estr ated ▁by ▁the ▁intelligence ▁and ▁security ▁ag encies ." ▁▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁month , ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁reported ▁that ▁Iran ▁had ▁executed ▁at ▁least ▁ 6 6 ▁people , ▁including ▁three ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁political ▁diss idents . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁UN , ▁execution s ▁were ▁running ▁at ▁triple ▁the ▁rate ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁year ▁when ▁about ▁ 1 8 ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁people ▁were ▁executed ▁a ▁month . ▁The ▁UN ▁estimated ▁about ▁ 3 0 0 ▁execution s ▁occurred ▁in ▁Iran ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Nav i ▁P ill ay , ▁the ▁High ▁Commission er ▁for ▁Human ▁Rights , ▁stated , ▁" We ▁have ▁ur