"We have a village in Sistan and Baluchestan province where every single man has been executed," she said, without naming the place or clarifying whether the executions took place at the same time or over a longer period.
Nine states executed death-row inmates last year, but three quarters of the 43 executions took place in just four states: Texas (15), and Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma (each with six).
The trials and executions took place in 1692.
The executions took place months later without warning.
Executions took place in 22 countries last year, according to Amnesty International, a human-rights lobby.
Public sentencing rallies, and occasionally public executions, took place.One man began turning this culture round.
People were transported to Army camps in the north, where mass executions took place.
Elsewhere, most executions took place in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
It could not be confirmed if executions took place in Egypt or Syria.
The executions took place a day after nine hangings in other parts of Iran.
Public executions took place outside the prison walls in the rue de La Santé well into the 20th century.
