Executions death charged with sodomy/Five Executions in Public

Five Executions in Public And One in the Prison: Two Men Executed for Sodomy

– AUGUST 6, 2014POSTED IN: EXECUTION, FEATURE, PUBLIC EXECUTION

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Four prisoners were hanged in the public in Shiraz (Southern Iran) today. Two of the men hanged were charged with sodomy. Two other prisoners were hanged in the city of Karaj. One of the executions was carried out in the public.

Iran Human Rights, August 6, 2014: Four prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran) today August 6. According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Fars province two of the prisoners were sentenced to death charged with sodomy. These prisoners were identified as “Abdollah Gh. Ch.” and “Soleiman Gh. Ch.” .  Since there was no mention of rape in the report there is possibility that these men were sentenced to death for sexual relationship with the same sex.

The two other prisoners were identified as “Ebadollah H.” and “Hossein T.” convicted of kidnapping and rape, said the report.

Iranian media also reported about execution of two prisoners in Karaj. One of the prisoners who was hanged publicly was convicted of kidnapping and rape of a woman and the other prisoner was charged with sexual abuse of minors. The latter prisoner was hanged in the prison, said the report.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) strongly condemns today’s executions. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: “We urge international condemnation of today’s barbaric executions. There is a possibility that two of the men executed today were charged with sentenced to death for sexual relationship with other men. Iranian authorities should be held accountable for these inhumane acts”.

Three Public Executions in Shiraz 03/08/14

Three Public Executions in Shiraz (Southern Iran) Today

– AUGUST 3, 2014POSTED IN: EXECUTION, FEATURE, PUBLIC EXECUTION

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Iran Human Rights, August 3, 2014: Three prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran) today August 3, reported the Iranian state media. 

According to the official website of the Judiciary in Fars province, the three prisoners who were not identified by name were charged with “Moharebeh” (waging war against God) through armed robbery. They had also committed rape, said the report.

The executions were carried out in the area of Guyom in Shiraz, said the report.

According to Iran Human Rights’ annual reports on the death penalty, Fars province  (capital Shiraz) had the highest number of public executions in 2012 and 2013.

Names of the prisoners were written on a big banner: 

Mohammad Ghareh Ghaani

Bahman Kochakpour

…. Rostami

Iran: 411 Executions in the First Half of 2014

– JULY 9, 2014POSTED IN: EXECUTION, EXECUTION FOR DRUG CHARGES, EXECUTION FOR MURDER, FEATURE, MASS EXECUTIONS, MINOR EXECUTION, REPORTS

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Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Spokesperson of Iran Human Righta

Tel: +47 91742177

mail@iranhr.net

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At least 411 prisoners have been executed in Iran from the beginning of January 2014 to the end of June of the same year. This indicates that the execution wave, which recommenced after the most recent Iranian presidential election, is continuing. According to reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), more than 870 people have been executed since the election of Mr. Hassan Rouhani in June 2013. IHR calls on the international community to take serious measures to stop the execution wave in Iran.

Iran Human Rights, July 7, 2014: One year after the Iranian presidential election of June 2013, and despite improvements in relations between the international community and Iran, a recent report by Iran Human Rights (IHR) shows that the use of the death penalty is higher now than in two decades. According to the latest report by IHR, at least 411 people have been executed in the first six months of 2014, and at least 870 people have been executed during the first year after the presidential elections (between July 1, July 2013 and June 30, 2014). This is an average of more than two executions in Iran every day. Among those executed so far in 2014, there have been at least eight juvenile offenders and six political and civil activists.

IHR calls on the international community to take serious measures to stop the execution wave in Iran. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR says: “The increase in the number of executions after the Iranian presidential election of June 2013 is dramatic and needs special attention from the international community. We support Ms. Navi Pillay’s call to include human rights in the nuclear talks taking place between the 5+1 and Iran.” Amiry-Moghaddam added: “The arbitrary executions going on in Iran must have consequences for the Iranian authorities.”

Last week the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay said: “Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear program should include human rights concerns.”

In November 2013, World Coalition against the Death Penalty called on the UN and EU to put the death penalty on top of the agenda on Iran talks.

According to IHR’s report on the death penalty, in the first half of this year 166 executions have been announced by official Iranian sources while 245 additional executions have been reported by human rights groups and confirmed by several independent sources. 43% of the executions in Iran are reportedly based on murder and 42% of the executions are reportedly due to drug-related charges. At least 8 of those executed in 2014 were juveniles (under 18 the age of 18) at the time of committing the alleged offence.

Last year at least 687 people were executed, according to IHR’s 2013 annual report on the death penalty. 68% of these executions took place after the election of Hassan Rouhani.

execution of 11 prisoners in Ghezelhesar Prison

Mass execution of 11 prisoners in Ghezelhesar Prison of Iran

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According to reports received by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (HRDAI),eleven prisoners were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison located in Karaj on the  morning  of  26th June, 2014.  

Iran Human Rights, June 27:  Yesterday June 26, at least eleven prisoners from Wings 1, 2, 3 and 8 of Cell Block 2 of Ghezelhesar Prison were hanged in Karaj, according to HRDAI. The executed prisoners were between 25 and 40 years of age.

Twelve prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in prison prior to the execution on Wednesday, June 25. Eleven of them were then executed the next morning, but the execution of one of them, named Ghasem, was postponed.

The names of some of the prisoners executed today are as follows:

1.  Islam (surname unknown), from Wing 1, Cell Block 2.
2.  Mahdi A’layi, 30 years old, was a prisoner of about two years in Wing 2, Cell Block 2.
3. KarimAziz Zadeh, 40 years old, was a prisoner of approximately four years inWing 2,Cell Block 2.
4. Bahram Rezvan Panah, 40 years old, was a prisoner of more than two years in Wing 2, Cell Block 2.
5. Mohammad Eghbal, 31 years old, was a prisoner of approximately one and half years in Wing 2, Cell Block 2.
6. Karim Bagheri, 35 years old, was a prisoner of two years in Wing 2, Cell Block 2.
7. Davood Karami, 40 years old, was a prisoner of more than three years in Wing 2, Cell Block 2.
8. Borzoo Khosravi, 28 years old, was a prisoner of approximately five years in Wing 3, Cell Block 2.
9. Kiomars Gholami, 25 years old, was a prisoner of more than ten months in Wing 3, Cell Block 2.
10. Siamak Heidari , 27 years old, from Wing 3 , Cell Block 2.

The official Iranian sources haven’t reported these executions yet. The charges for which the prisoners were sentenced to death have not been confirmed yet.

Seven Prisoners Executed For Drug

Seven Prisoners Executed For Drug-Related Charges in Northern Iran

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Iran Human Rights, June 23, 2014: Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Gilan Province.

According to the report all the seven prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges. The prisoners were identified as M.H. charged with participation in buying two kilograms of the narcotic drug Crystal, S. G. for trafficking of 2851 grams of heroin, A. D. for manufacturing and trafficking of three kilograms of concentrated heroin, J. Kh. for buying and selling 100 kilograms of opium and possession of 14810 grams of crack, A. A. for participation in buying 147 kilograms of cannabis and eight kilograms of opium, A. S. for possession of six kilograms and 12 grams of heroin and B. B. for possession and trafficking of 2368 grams of crack.

URGENT APPEAL/ these 4 can be executed any time now

URGENT APPEAL

ALL can be executed any time now
Help us save them

Saeed Malekpour, resident of Canada, a freelance web developer and programmer was arrested in October 2008 in the city of Tehran while visiting his terminally ill father in Iran. He is sentenced to death on charge of “Agitation against the regime”.

Zaniar Moradi & Loghman Moradi, political activists; they were arrested in August 2009; both of them are sentenced to death on charges of moharebeh (being enemy of God) and “corruption on earth”.

Sherko Moarefi, a political activist, was detained in October 2008; he was sentenced to death for "acting against national security" and "being enemy of God".

These political prisoners are in grave danger of being executed any time now. We call on all of you who care for human rights and freedom of expression to act now and save their lives.

Time is running out. This is an urgent appeal. We need to act now. Their only “crime” is expression their freedom of expression.  The Islamic regime of Iran is sentencing Saeed, Zaniar, Loghman, Sherko and hundreds of others to death in order to terrorize all of those who demand change and freedom.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ACT NOW!

Their lives depend on your support.  The international support has been successful in forcing the Islamic regime in Iran to retreat from executing prisoners; we can do it again this time too, BUT WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY!

All you have to do is to copy and past the below message and send it to the human right organisations and recipients below. This would only take you one minute, but that one-minute of yours can save four lives.

Sample protest letter:

I express my strongest protest against the imprisonment and the death sentence of Saeed Malekpour, Zaniar Moradi, Loghman Moradi,  Sherko Moarefi. I urge you to pressure the Islamic regime of Iran to overturn the execution sentences of these four political prisoners and to free them immediately. 

Name. . . . . . . .
City/country . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Please send or email your letter to:

catherine.ashton@ec.europa.eu
Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign Affairs High Representative

Appendix: Partial List of Political Prisoners in Iran

Name	Age	Prison	City	Sentence	Charges	Ailment	Arrest Date
Mohammad-Reza Pourshajri	53	Central Prison	Karaj	4 years	Acting against national security Insulting Islam Insulting the Supreme Leader	Diabetes, kidney stones, heart attack, enlarged prostate	2010
Dr. Sayed Madani		Central Prison	Bandar Abbas	6 years	Acting against national security Civil rights activist Sociology Research	Gallbladder stones	2011
Dr. Nader Babai		Evin, ward 350	Tehran	74 lashes and 6 years suspended sentence	Social and civil activist arrested during the 2009 protests for helping his student Omid Dana. war vet for Iran/Iraq war	2 strokes internal bleeding seizures	2012
Vahid Roohbakhsh		Evin, ward 350	Tehran	18 months suspended sentence	he was arrested during the 2009 protests on charges of protesting/gathering and propagating propaganda against the regime	due to severe beatings during torture he has lost 70% of his hearing and needs a hearing aid	2010
Dr. Haani Yazloo	59	Evin, ward 350	Tehran	6 years	propaganda against the regime he was previously arrested and sentenced to 1 year in prison and 15 years in exile	He has had 2 open heart surgeries and suffers from extremely high blood pressure.	2012
Pajman Abdodlhossein Zade		Evin, ward 350	Tehran	Held for 1 year	Green movement activist from 2009 and arrested before and this year again	Broken arm during arrest	2012
Mehdi Khodai		Evin, ward 350	Tehran	7 years	human rights activist acting against national security	Injured jaw and gums (due to beatings)	2012
Zaniar Moradi		Rajai Shahr	Karaj	Death-hanging	enemy of God alleged killing of the son of an Imam	Broken spine and unbearable pain as result of routine torture, paralysis	2008
Loghman Moradi		Rajai Shahr	Karaj	Death-hanging	enemy of God alleged killing of the son of an Imam	Broken spine and unbearable pain as result of routine torture	2008
Yashar Daralshafa		Evin	Tehran	5.5 years	acting against national security insulting the President	Problems with spine and disc	2009
Saeed MatinPour	38	Evin	Tehran	8 years	acting against national security contacting with foreigners	Extreme back pain and numb legs	1997
Ahmad Doneshpour		Evin	Tehran	Death	Supporter of the MEK	Crohn's and intestinal bleeding	2009
Ayatollah Hossein Boroujerdi	54	Evin	Tehran	One year in Tehran and 10 years exile	Accused of acting against national security, holding lectures and public incitement against the regime and Islamic Constitution	Due to torture he is suffering from Parkinson's diseases, heart disease, kidney failure, pulmonary edema, edema of the legs, diabetes, high blood pressure, 90% loss of vision in the right eye and many other ailments	2006
Rasool Badaghi		Rajai Shahr	Karaj	In prison 6 years	Teachers Union board member	Severe debilitating headaches	2009
Reza Shahabi		Evin ward 350	Tehran	4 years prison and 5 years ban on union activities, 70 million Tomans fine	Union worker activist member of imprisoned workers union	high blood pressure and neck and low back pain	2010
Mohammad Jarahi		Tabriz Prison	Tabriz	5 years	Workers Union member	Thyroid gland tumor which has developed to cancer	2011
Mohammad Ali Taheri	54	Evin ward 209	Tehran	7 years prison, 900 million Tomans fine and 64 lashes	Apostasy, violating national security establishment of a spiritual center( Erfan-e Halghe)	Has been on hunger strike 9 times and has serious infection of the mouth and jaw
Hamid Navid		Evin ward 350	Tehran	Death		Lymphatic cancer
Ali Alaee		Evin	Tehran	7 years	Collaboration with a hostile enemy government	Heart disease and spinal cord pain/injury
Mostafa Daneshjoo		Evin -- intelligence /security section	Tehran	in prison without sentencing	part of the Dervish Gonabadi group	Lung disease, difficulty breathing	2011
Reza Entesary		Evin	Tehran		Webmaster, blogger (blog: Majzobane Noor)	Injury to left arm	2011
Assadollah Hadi		Evin	Tehran	5 years	Ex-political prisoner in '80s acting against national security	Severe heart disease along with problems with the meniscus of the knee	2009
Asghar Ghattan		Evin ward 350	Tehran	5.5 years	Ex-political prisoner in 80's connection to MEK organization	Kidney and heart problems along with prostate issues	2010
Mohmmad Salemi	64	Evin ward 350	Tehran	3 years	Ex-political prisoner in 80's connection to MEK organization enemy of God	Heart disease and spinal sciatica and kidney problems	2009
Mohammad Sadigh Kabodavand		Evin	Tehran	10.5 years	establishing a human rights organization and acting against national security	Prostate problems	1997
Kamyar Sabeti		Evin	Tehran	5 years	spying	Heart disease
Sina Azeemi		Evin	Tehran	5 years	spying	Problems breathing/lung issues
Mohsen Daneshpour	67	Evin	Tehran	Death	acting against national security enemy of God connection to MEK organization	Heart and prostate disease	2009
Hassan Faraji		Evin ward 350	Tehran	7 years	spying	Heart disease, spinal cord injury, intestinal disease	2009
Alireza Ahmadi	30	Evin ward 350	Tehran		Collaborating with enemy	Broken legs during interrogation as a result of being kicked	2012
Tasavor Taghipour		Evin ward 350	Tehran	7 years	member of human rights organization and thus propaganda against the regime	Jaw and gum problems	2012
Mohammad Davari	41	Evin ward 350	Tehran	5 years	Acting against national security	Knee and lower back joint problems along with mouth and teeth injuries	2009
Amir Khoram	51	Evin	Tehran	8 years	Member of the Freedom Movement - conspiring against national security	Jaw and gum injuries	2009
Amir Eslami		Evin ward 350	Tehran	No sentence arrested in 2011	Member of Darvish Gonabadi and webmaster, blogger (blog: Majzobane Noor)	Severe heart and intestinal pain	2011
Rahman Ghahermanpour		Evin ward 350	Tehran	3.5 years	spying	Spinal cord pain, nose, ear and throat issues	2011
Esmael Barzagari		Evin ward 350	Tehran	No sentence arrested 2011	Acting against national security	Gum and jaw issues	2011
Nader Jani		Evin ward 350	Tehran	3.5 years	Assembly and collusion against national security	Spinal cord, heart lung problems	2012
Saeed Mohammad Ebrahimi		Evin ward 350	Tehran	5 years	insulting the Supreme Leader Acting against national security involvement in a soft Coup	Asthma and intestinal issues plus lower back Joint problem - herniated disc	2010
Hamid Reza Moradi		Evin ward 209	Tehran	No sentence	Member of Darvish Gonabadi acting against national security spreading lies and propaganda	Spinal stenosis	2011
Hossein Zarrini		Evin ward 350	Tehran	4 years	Assembly and collusion against national security	epilepsy	2010
Behnam Ebrahim Zade		Evin ward 350	Tehran	5 years	Workers Union Activist	Arthritis in the neck and ear, jaw and kidney pain	2010
Saeed Abedeeni		Evin ward 350	Tehran	8 years	Establishing and running a church from his home	Bleeding from stomach and bladder	2012
Farzad Rohi		Evin	Tehran	3.5 years	Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam	Sinusitis	2010
Assadollah Assadi		Evin ward 350	Tehran	10 years	Collaborating with enemy	Lung problems/disease	2010
Gholamreza Hosseini		Evin ward 209	Tehran	10 years	Collaborating with enemy	The destruction of the hip joint, and leg – gum issues	2010
Majid Assadi		Evin ward 350	Tehran	4 years	Assembly and collusion against national security	Anxiety and severe headaches	2008
Nader Karbassi	58	Evin	Tehran	No sentence	Communicating with opposition groups	Joint problem - herniated disc	2011
Mohammad Banazade Amir-Kheezi	68	Evin ward 209	Tehran	5 years	Communicating with MEK organization	History of surgery and has severe bone pain	2010
Mushallah Hatteri	61	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	15 years	Ex-political prisoner in the 80s protesting in 2009 demonstrations	Has had heart surgery and suffers from brain hemorrhage	2009
Riazollah Sobhani	68	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	4 years	Professor of online Baha'i school, member of the Baha'i faith	History of heart surgery. arthritis in hands and feet	2011
Jamal Khanjani	80	Evin	Tehran	20 years	Member of the Baha'i faith Accused of spying for Israel	Old age	2008
Mohammad Saifzadeh	66	Evin ward 350	Tehran	8 years	Establishing human rights organization and acting against the regime	Stroke, numbness of hands and feet. Severe chest pains	2011
Farhad Sadaghi	67	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	4 years	Professor of online Baha'i school and member of Baha'i faith	Kidney stones, gall bladder stones and cataracts	2011
Kayvan Samimi	65	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	6 years	Questioning the 2009 election results and calling the results fraudulent	Severe heart disease - joint problems - need for internal operations	2009
Sharokh Tanef	64	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	4 years	Being a member of the Baha'i faith	Joint pain	2008
Karim Ma'rof Aziz	70	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	Life in prison	spying	Diabetes - old age	1995
Behrooz Azizi Tavakoli	62	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	20 years	Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel	Coronary Heart – Arthritis and herniated disc	1997
Fariba Kamal Abadi (female)		Evin	Tehran	20 years	Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel	Osteoporosis	2007
Mahvash Shahriyari (female)		Evin	Tehran	20 years	Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel	Osteoporosis and depression	2008
Hassan Fatali Ashtiani	64	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	15 years	Communication with MEK organization	Joint pain	2007
Kamran Mortezai	61	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	5 years	Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel	Severe back and knee pain	2011
Amonollah Mostaghim
Rajai Shahr			Karaj	5 years	Member of Baha'i faith And a teacher of the faith online	Diabetic, heart disease and history of open heart surgery	2010
Favad Moghadam	62	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	5 years	Member of Baha'i faith And a teacher of the faith online	Swelling of the arteries and herniated disc	2011
Adelle Naemi	61	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	11 years	Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel	Heart disease, diabetic and past gall bladder and intestine surgery	2011
Neymat Rashidi	21	Evin	Tehran	No sentence	Member of the minority group of Kurdistan communications with opposition groups	Pain from injuries caused by torture	2011
Ali Ma'ezi	59	Central prison	Karaj	One year in prison - suspended	Enemy of God and supporter of MEK organization	bladder cancer	2011
Reza Joshan	27			2.5 years in prison and 3 years exile	Enemy of God	Vision and heart problems and increased blood platelet count	2010
Mijagh Bozdannejad	27	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	13 years	Communication with MEK And paying tribute to those executed in 1988	depression	2007
Mohammad Ali Mansouri	53	Rajai Shahr	Karaj	18 years	Communication with MEK		2007
Saeed Maasoori	48	Gohardasht	Karaj	Life	Communication with MEK	Heart disease painful gums,, back pain	2000
Shahram Radmehr		Rajai Shahr	Karaj	9 years	Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam
Behnoud Gholizadeh		Rajai Shahr	Karaj	9 years	Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam
Sedigheh Moradi	54			9 years
Motahareh Bahrami	60	Evin	Tehran	10 years	Enemy of god and connection with MEK		2009
Kobra Bannazadeh Amirkhizi	62	Evin	Tehran	5 years	Enemy of god and connection with MEK
Peyman KasNezhad		Evin	Tehran	3 years	Connection with Israel
Davoud Asadi	78	Kianoush Sabouri
Omid Shahmoradi Sanandaji		Evin	Tehran	3 years	Acting against national security		2011
Mahdi Sajedifar	35	Evin	Tehran		Connection with foreign government		2011
Amir Moladoust
Morteza Rahim Tayefeh
Majid Mohammadi Moien		Evin	Tehran	4 years	Connection with foreign government		2012
Afshin Karampour
MohammadHossein Yousefpour		Evin	Tehran	5.5 years	Propaganda against the regime and apostasy		2009
Abdollah Momeni	36	Evin	Tehran		Propaganda against the regime and apostasy		2009
Alireza Ousivand Karimi
Omid Kokabee	31	Evin	Tehran	10 years	communicating with a hostile government	kidney problems some stomach issues	2011
Zeynab Jalalian	33	Dizel-Abad	Kermanshah	Life	enmity against God (moharebeh)	losing eye sight	2007
Hossein ronaghi	28	Evin	Tehran	15 years	Acting against national security	Kidny disease, stomach bleeding, several hunger strikes in prison	2009
Sakhi Rigi		Karoon	Ahvaz	20 years	Acting against national security, Webmaster, blogger, Jondollah supporter	Issue with his Thyroid gland
Ebrahim Rigi		Karoon	Ahvaz	11 years	Acting against national security and Jondollah supporter	Bladder, Kidney and urine tract
Esmael Vafavi		Karoon	Ahvaa	25 years	Acting against national security and Jondollah supporter	Seizures, severe headache and deformed in the region of the scalp due to lashing
Syed Zia Navabi		Karoon	Ahvaa	10 years	Acting against national security, Support for right of education	Gum and tooth infection
Majid Doori		Karoon	Ahvaa	6 years	Acting against national security, Support for Right ofEducation	Gum and tooth infection
Yousef Fotuhi		Karoon	Ahvaa	9 years	Connection with PEJAK	Suspicious painful lump between his shoulder
Kazem Khosh Namak		Karoon	Ahvaa	10 years	Collaborating with enemy	Extreme weakness of vision