One Woman and One Man Hanged in Northern Iran for Drug-Related Charges

Iran Human Rights, September 11, 2014: A 60 year old woman and a 31 year old man were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) early Thursday morning (September 11), reported the Iranian state media.

According to the Iranian State Broadcasting IRIB the 31 year old man was charged with possession and trafficking of 4100 grams of the narcotic drug crystal , and the woman was charged with participation in buying, possession, trafficking and distribution of 3198 grams of heroin.

None of the prisoners were identified by name.

In Iran, the drug convicts are tried by the Revolution Courts behind the closed doors. There are many reports of unfair trials and forced confessions which are used as the basis of many death sentences issued by the Revolution Courts in Iran.

http://iranhr.net/2014/09/one-woman-and-one-man-hanged-in-northern-iran-for-drug-related-charges/

Two Young Men Hanged Publicly in Iran

Iran Human Rights, September 10, 2014: Two men were hanged in public in the city of Hamedan (Western Iran) early Wednesday morning September 10, reported the Iranian state media.

According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, the two men were convcted of “Moharebeh” (war against God) and Corruption on earth. Disruption of order, creating fear among the people and attempt to rape are among the charges the men were convcted of, said the report.

The news website “Young Journalists Club” reported that the prisoners who were hanged this morning were identified as “Vahid Gh.” (24) and “Bahman Mousavi” (22).

Two Public Executions in Northern Iran

One of the executions was interrupted due to protests from the family of the prisoner, and carried out the next day.

Iran Human Rights, September 4, 2014: Two prisoners were hanged in the public in two different Iranian towns in the Mazanderan province (Northern Iran), reported the Iranian state media. 

One of the prisoners was a man identified as “Mohsen D.” charged with a murder in 2008, according to the official website of Mazanderan Judiciary. The execution was scheduled to take place in the town of Mahmoodabad on Monday September 1. But due to protests by the people it was interrupted and carried out on Tuesday September 2, under heavy security measures.

The other prisoner identified as “A. A.” was convicted of a murder in 2004. The execution was carried out publicly in the town of Savadkooh reported Bloghnews. Since the beginning of August 2014 at least 90 people have been executed in Iran. 17 of the executions have been carried out in the public.

Two Public Executions in Northern Iran

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One of the executions was interrupted due to protests from the family of the prisoner, and carried out the next day.

Iran Human Rights, September 4, 2014: Two prisoners were hanged in the public in two different Iranian towns in the Mazanderan province (Northern Iran), reported the Iranian state media. 

One of the prisoners was a man identified as “Mohsen D.” charged with a murder in 2008, according to the official website of Mazanderan Judiciary. The execution was scheduled to take place in the town of Mahmoodabad on Monday September 1. But due to protests by the people it was interrupted and carried out on Tuesday September 2, under heavy security measures.

The other prisoner identified as “A. A.” was convicted of a murder in 2004. The execution was carried out publicly in the town of Savadkooh reported Bloghnews. Since the beginning of August 2014 at least 90 people have been executed in Iran. 17 of the executions have been carried out in the public.

Two Public Hangings in Iran

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57 prisoners have been executed since August 3 (in less than 3 weeks) in Iran. 13 of the executions have been carried out in public.

Iran Human Rights, August 21, 2014: One man was hanged in public in the city of Qazvin today. The prisoner who was identified as
“A.N.” was convicted of murdering his 9 year old stepchild, reported the state run Iranian news agency Mehr.

Another prisoner was hanged in the Motaheri Square of Khoi (Northwestern Iran) reported the news website Uromnews. The prisoner who was identified by name what charged with rape, said the report. The execution was carried out on Tuesday August 19.

One Public and More Than 10 Unannounced Executions in Iran Today

– AUGUST 19, 2014POSTED IN: AZERBAIJANI, EXECUTION, EXECUTION FOR DRUG CHARGES, FEATURE, PUBLIC EXECUTION

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Iran Human Rights, August 18, 2014: One man was hanged publicly in the town of Mianeh, in the Iranian East-Azerbaijan province, reported the Iranian state media.  According to the Mehr news agency the man was identified as Asghar Azizi, convicted of “corruption on earth” for possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs.  He was hanged on Monday August 18, in front of the eyes of tens of  citizens including children.

At least10 prisoners were executed in the Gehzelhesar prison of Karaj according to the “human rights activists’ news agency” (HRANA). The executiosn took place early today August 18, said the report. Iran Human Rights (IHR) has confirmed the executions. At the present moment there are no further details about who these prisoners were.

There have been several reports about protests in the Gheselhesar prison yesterday Sunday August 17. According to the reports several prisoners have been killed as a result of the prison guards opening fire on them. IHR is investigating these reports.

Two Public Executions and One Public Amputation in Iran

–  AUGUST 25, 2014(EDIT POST)POSTED IN: EXECUTION, EXECUTION FOR MURDER, FEATURE, PUBLIC EXECUTION

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Four fingers of a man’s right hand were amputated and two men were hanged publicly in Iran. In the last 3 weeks at least 60 people have been executed in Iran. 15 executions have been carried out in public. Iran Human Rights (IHR) strongly condemned the public amputation and executions by the Iranian authorities. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: ” Public amputation and executions are methods that the Iranian authorities use to spread fear in the society. These are the same methods as the group “ISIS” is using in Iraq and Syria. The difference is that Iran is a full member of the UN and has ratified many of UN’s Conventions. We urge the international community to strongly condemn the Iranian authorities’ use of barbaric punishments”.

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Iran Human Rights, August 25, 2014: According to the Iranian state media, four fingers of a man’s right hand were amputated in public, in the town of Abarkooh in the Yazd Province (Central Iran). The man who was  identified as “M. N.”  was
charged with robbery, said the state run Iranian news agency ISNA. The public amputation took place in the beginning of the last week.

According to the Iranian media two prisoners were hanged in public in two different Iranian cities on Sunday August 24.

 A young man identified as “Soheil” was hanged publicly in the the town of Sari (Northern Iran), reported “Rooz-e-No” news site. Soheil was charged with the murder of his brother, wife and cousin, said the report.

Another man who was not identified by name was hanged publicly in the town of Borazjan (Southern Iran) on Sunday. According to Jam-e-Jam daily news the man was convicted of abducting and murdering two women.

Since the first week of August at least 60 people have been executed in Iran. 15 of these executions have been carried out in the public.