The latest report on the death penalty by Amnesty International indicates that 607 recorded executions have been carried out in 22 countries around the world in 2014, a reduction of almost 22 percent compared to the previous year.
The reported executions were carried out in Iran more than any country in the world.
In Iran the authorities officially announced 289 executions, but hundreds more were carried out which were not officially acknowledged, Amnesty report said.
Execution methods employed around the world included beheading, hanging, lethal injection and shooting.
Iran is among the countries highlighted by Amnesty International as having used the death penalty ”as a tool to suppress political dissent”.
At least 2,466 people in 55 countries are known to have been sentenced to death in 2014, according to the latest Amnesty International report on the death penalty.