Tuesday 29 January 2013

One prisoner was hanged in northwestern Iran




One prisoner was hanged in northwestern Iran




  • Iran Human Rights, January 28: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mianeh (northwestern Iran) reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA today.
    The prisoner who was not identified by name was convicted of selling 890 grams of crack. He was also sentenced to pay 3 million rials for being a drug addict, said the report.

    One prisoner was hanged in northwestern Iran




    One prisoner was hanged in northwestern Iran



  • Iran Human Rights, January 28: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mianeh (northwestern Iran) reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA today.
    The prisoner who was not identified by name was convicted of selling 890 grams of crack. He was also sentenced to pay 3 million rials for being a drug addict, said the report.

    Saturday 26 January 2013

    One Prisoner Was Hanged Publicly In South-Eastern


    One Prisoner Was Hanged Publicly In South-Eastern Iran Today

    Iran Human Rights, January 26: According to the official Iranian media a man was hanged in the public early this morning in Kerman (southeastern Iran).
    According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars the man was identified as "Yaser K." (age not mentioned) and convicted of rape. The execution was carried out at the Khajou Square of Kerman this morning Saturday January 26.
    There have been 8 public hangings, one public amputation and four public lashings during the last 10 days in Iran.

    Friday 25 January 2013

    One prisoner hanged in western Iran



    One prisoner hanged in western Iran

    Friday 25 January 2013
    Iran Human Rights, January 25: One prisoner was hanged in Ilam Prison yesterday morning, reported Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency.
    The prisoner, who was not identified by name, was convicted of murder and sentenced to Qesas (retribution).
    According to official Iranian sources, at least 17 people have been executed in different Iranian cities in the last 9 days.

    Thursday 24 January 2013

    Two prisoners Executed In Iran- 16 Executions in 8 Days


    Two prisoners Executed In Iran- 16 Executions in 8 Days

    Thursday 24 January 2013
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    Iran Human Rights, January 24: Two prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons, reported the Iranian state media today.
    One of the prisoners was convicted of murdering a security officer in Khoramdareh (Province of Lorestan, western Iran), reported the daily Kayhan newspaper. The prisoner was identified as V. Sh and hanged in Khoramdareh Prison on the morning of January 23.
    The other prisoner was convicted of drug trafficking and was hanged in the Shahroos Prison (northern Iran) early this morning. According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in the province of Semnan, the prisoner was identified asCh. P. and convicted of trafficking 1.94 kilograms of morphine.
    Official Iranian sources have reported that, since January 16, 2013, at least 16 people were executed in different Iranian cities. Six of the executions were carried out in public.

    Fingers Amputated in Public




    Iranian Authorities Continue to Terrorize: Young Man’s Fingers Amputated in Public - IHR Urges International Community To React

    Thursday 24 January 2013
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    Iran Human Rights, January 24: Iranian authorities’ campaign of conducting public, medieval punishments continues. A state-run Iranian news agency reported that the amputation sentence of a prisoner was carried out in public today in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran).
    According to the report, the prisoner was a 29-year-old man, identified as "A. S. H." He was sentenced to amputation of four fingers on the right hand and three years in prison and 99 lashes for engaging in an "immoral relationship".
    The Chief Prosecutor of Shiraz warned that similar sentences for several other prisoners will be carried out in the near future.
    Iranian authorities have increased the implementation of public sentences, like lashings, executions and amputations, in recent months. Two young men were hanged publicly on 20 January for allegedly taking part in a mugging in Tehran.
    Iran Human Rights condemns today’s barbaric public punishment and urges the international community to react. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: ”It seems that the Iranian authorities’ campaign of terrorizing people through public, medieval punishments has no limits. Unless the international community displays a strong reaction, Iranians, especially children, will be forced to witness more public hangings, lashings and amputations— especially as the June 2013 Presidential election nears."
    Amiry-Moghaddam continued: "We urge the UN, EU and all countries with diplomatic ties with Iran to condemn these barbaric punishments immediately. The Iranian leadership, among them The Supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the Head of Judiciary Larijani must be held accountable for these crimes."

    Three prisoners in Iran were hanged today


    Three prisoners in Iran were hanged today

    Wednesday 23 January 2013
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    Iran Human Rights, January 23: Three prisoners were hanged in Qazvin Prison (west of Tehran) today.
    Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency reported that three prisoners, identified as "K Kh." (28), "A. N." (34) and "A. H." (41), were convicted of possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs. They were sentenced to fines, lashes and death by branch 2 of the Qazvin Revolutionary Court.

    Joint Statement: Halt the Execution of Ahwazi Arabs


    Joint Statement: Halt the Execution of Ahwazi Arabs

    ahwazi arab execution
    Wednesday 23 January 2013
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    Iran Human Rights, January 23, 2013: 30 human rights bodies released a joint statement today expressing "deep concern" about the imminent execution of five Ahwazi Arab activists and have urged the international community and human rights organizations to take immediate action.
    HALT EXECUTION OF AHWAZI ARABS
    The undersigned human rights organizations strongly oppose the death sentences issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) against five civil society activists who are members of the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority in Iran. We urge the IRI authorities to halt the implementation of the death sentences against these five men pending further review of their cases in accordance with due process standards.
    On Friday, January 18, five Ahwazi Arabs from Khalafiyeh (Ramshir), Iran were transferred by security forces from Karoun prison to an undisclosed location. Their families fear that the removal of the five men from Karoun prison indicates that they will soon be executed.
    These five Ahwazi Arabs activists were sentenced to death in June. The execution sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court, and the families of the men were subsequently notified on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.
    The five men in question are: Jaber Alboshoka, holds an associate degree in computer sciences and is a private in the military, 28 y/o - Mokhtar Alboshoka, works at a stone mining company, 26 y/o, - Hadi Rashedi, holds a masters degree in applied chemistry and is a chemistry teacher, 39 y/o -Hashem Shabaninejad, an Arabic literature teacher and a masters student of political science at Ahwaz University, 32 y/o and - Mohammad Ali Amourinejad, a Fisheries engineer and school teacher, 34 y/o. In addition to their professional vocations, these five men are founders and active members of the Al-Hiwar (dialogue)—scientific-cultural institute -a group which experienced mass arrests of its members in February 2011. Mohammad Ali Amourinejad was imprisoned in Basra, Iraq at the time. He was transferred directly to Iranian custody at the Shalamcheh border between Iraq and Iran in February 2011. After being held at a detention center run by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in Ahwaz and tortured for months, they were accused of moharebeh (waging war on God) and terrorism, however the defendants maintain that the confessions obtained from them are false confessions obtained under torture.
    Among ethnic minorities in Iran, Ahwazi Arabs are subjected to some of the most severe repression from the central government. In June of last year, four Ahwazi Arabs, three of whom were brothers, were executed on similar charges.
    In addition to these five men, whose execution is imminent, there are more than 30 prisoners on death row who are members of ethnic and religious minorities in Iran.
    The Iranian judiciary and security apparatus recently carried out the execution of six Sunni prisoners in secret—which has prompted fears among prisoners on death row and their families that more executions of ethnic and religious minority prisoners are on the way. The undersigned wish to express their deep concern about the imminent execution of these five Ahwazi Arab activists. We urge the international community and human rights organizations to take immediate action to halt the execution of these five men.
    Signatories:
    1. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize Laureate 2. Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation 3. Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK 4. Arseh Sevom (Third Sphere) 5. Association for Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP) 6. Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran- Geneva (KMMK-G) 7. Balochistan Human Rights Organisation 8. Centre for Combating Racism and Discrimination against Arabs in Iran (CCRDAI) 9. Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) 10. European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization (EAHRO) 11. Iran Human Rights 12. Iran Human Rights Documentation Center 13. Iranian Progressive Youth (IPY) 14. Iraqi Coalition Against Death Penalty 15. Justice for Iran NGO 16. Kurdish Human Rights Association 17. Kurdish Human Rights Network 18. Mothers of Laleh Park/ Dortmund 19. Mothers of Laleh Park/ Hamburg 20. Mothers of Laleh Park/ Los Angeles – Valley 21. Mothers of Laleh Park/Köln 22. Mourning Mothers of Iran – London 23. National Centre of Justice Iraq-UK 24. SAWASYA Centre for Human Rights and Combating Discrimination 25. Shahrvand Yar (Citizen’s Friends) 26. Society for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran – Austria 27. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) 28. The Mothers for Peace, Montreal 29. Together against the Death Penalty/ Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) 30. United4Iran