Eleven men and one woman hanged in Iran

Iran Human Rights, December 20: According to the reports from Iran, eleven men and one woman were hanged in two different cities early this morning, Monday 20th December.

Yesterday, Iran Human Rights, had warned about these executions.

According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri was hanged in the prison of Qazvin (Ghazvin), west of Tehran early this morning. The woman was convicted of stealing and killing five people in 2008, and was sentenced to 74 lashes, giving back the stolen items, imprisonment and six times Qesas (retribution; by hanging), according to the report.

Eleven men were hanged in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan (capital of Baluchestan province).

According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Zahedan, all the men were convicted of Moharebeh (at war with the God) and supporters of the Sunni militant group Jondollah.

The eleven men executed in the prison of Zahedan early this morning were: 

Abdolbaset Shahbakhsh, son of Allah Dad; Abdolnaser Shahbakhsh, son of Allah Dad; Abdolshakor Zangi Zahi, son of Hossein, convicted of Moharebeh, and shooting at the security forces and killing three of them;. Mohammad Saleh Eslam Zahi, son of Ata Mohammad;. Naser Shahbakhsh, son of Zaman; Lal Mohammad Shahbakhsh son of Karim; Ataollah Rigi, son of Mohammad, convicted of Moharebeh, taking part in arm clashes with the security forces killing 12 of them; Abdolrahman Naroei, son of Khaleghdad, convicted of giving shelter to the militant groups and providing explosives; Abdolraof Shahbakhsh, son of Shanbeh, Moharabeh and participation in armed clashes; Balanch Naroei, son of Ali, convicted of Moharebeh, armed robbery and kidnapping; Ahmad Naroei, son of Abdolkarim, convicted of Moharebeh through disruption of order after the Zahedan mosque bombing, kidnapping.

The above mentioned charges have not been confirmed by independent sources.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, strongly condemned today’s executions and said: "These executions are solely meant to spread fear among the people". He added: "We believe there are more executions to come in the coming weeks and urge the international community to strongly condemn the executions".

Source: Iran Human Rights, December 20, 2010