Iran Human Rights: "At least 20 people have been executed in the last three days in Iran"

Iran Human Rights, March 2: According to different reports from Iran, at least 20 people may have been executed during the last three days. All those executed have been charged with drug trafficking by the Iranian authorities.

No independent sources have confirmed the charges.

Seven people were executed in Kerman province:

Seven people were hanged in the towns of Jiroft and Bam in Kerman province, south east of Iran, reported the official web site of the Iranian judiciary yesterday March 1. According to this report five of the executions took place in the prison of Jiroft and two in the prison of Bam. Those who were executed were identified as: "Mohammad Nabi N." convicted of trafficking of 60 kilos of morphine, "Mehdi S." for keeping and carrying 8 kilos and 145 grams of crack, "Ali Bakhsh S." for keeping, carrying and selling 50 kilos opium, "Hamidreza D." for carrying 31 kilos and 250 grams of heroin, "Sohrab N" for carrying 2 180 grams of heroin, "Malek N." for keeping 900 grams of crack and "Saeed M" for participation in trafficking of 6 kilos morphine, 5 kilos heroin and 23 kilos of crack.

"Malek N" and "Saeed M" were hanged in the prison of Bam while the other five were hanged in the prison of Jiroft.

Three people were executed in Shiraz:

According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Shiraz, three people were hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz. According to this report that was published yesterday, "A. A.", "H. R." and "S. K." were convicted of "armed" drug trafficking of heroin and opium.

According to the same website, another person identified as "M. M." was lashed 70 times in the "Khomeini square" of Lamerd , in the Fars province. He was convicted of stealing animals and sentenced to three years in prison and 70 lashes.

Execution of 8-11 people in Oroumieh:

According to reports from unofficial sources, between 8 to 11 people may have been executed in the prison od Oroumieh, north-west of Iran. According to the Kurdish news agency "Mokarian", eight people have been execued in Oroumieh during the past days. However, HRANA, reported that nine people were executed in this prison on Monday Februart 28th. According to this report 7 of those executed were Kurdish prisoners and two of them were Azari. Two of the executed were women according to the report. The campaign for the rights of the "ethnic minority" prisoners reported that 10 people were executed in the prison of Oroumieh, Three of them were identified as "Hamid Bahadori", "Sayad Ansari" and "Behzad Honareh". Another unconfirmed report said that 11 people have been executed in the prison of Oroumieh on Sunday. According to these reports, all of those executed in Oroumieh, were convicted of drug related charges.

Official Iranian sources haven’t confirmed Oroumieh’s executions.

According to the IHR’s annual report on the death penalty in Iran in 2010, at least 546 people were executed in 2010 in Iran. According to this report there are more than 200 cases of unconfirmed executions in addition to the 546, that haven’t been included among in the annual report.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR, condemned these executions and said:" The Iranian regime uses execution as a tool to extend its survival".

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Source: Iran Human Rights, March 2, 2011 - [فارسى]

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Man hanged in public in Tehran on January 5, 2011

Photo of the execution (IRNA)
Source: Iran Human Rights.
More photos here.

Iran Human Rights, January 5: One man was hanged in public in Tehran early this morning.

The man who was identified as Yaqub was convicted of stabbing another man to death in October 2010 (69 days ago). He was later sentenced to death in public and after an order from the head of the judiciary his case was processed urgently. So within 69 days since the offence Yaqub was tried, sentenced to death, his sentence was approved by the head of the judiciary and it was implemented early this morning when he was hanged in public.

The hanging took place with some delay early this morning at 6:15 AM and according to eye witnesses, there were many security officers present at the scene.

According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, Yaqub was very scared and could barely stand on his feet before hanging. The report also wrote that "some people opposed to the establishment" shouted "forgiveness" but it didn’t affect the process and Yaqub was hanged by a crane.

Yesterday, Yaqub was lashed 74 times according to the sentence.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, strongly condemned today’s hanging which according to him is only meant to spread fear among the people. He said:" This kind of acts are expected from a barbaric regime, but we expect stronger reactions and more condemnations from the civilized world".

Source: Iran Human Rights, January 5, 2011

Iran hangs man in public execution

Crowd watching the execution
Sources: MEHR, Iran-Resist.org

(CNN) -- Iran executed a man in a rare public hanging in Tehran on Wednesday morning, local media reported.

The man, identified only as "Yaqub," was convicted of stabbing a man to death in broad daylight in October, said the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

The public hanging, which was attended by the victims' family and large crowds of onlookers, took place in the main square of the affluent northern Tehran neighborhood of Sa'adat Abad.

The October murder sparked outrage amongst Tehran residents after videos of the stabbing surfaced on the Internet and were replayed on Iranian state television. The killing took place in front of two police officers, the news agency said.

Although executions are common in Iran, public ones are not.

A death sentence can be handed down for crimes from murder to adultery.

The latest execution brings the total number this year to 20, according to a CNN count from local media reports.

On Monday, Iranian authorities hanged seven convicted drug traffickers in the city of Kermanshah, the news agency said.

Amnesty International says Iran only trails China in the number of executions worldwide.

Source: CNN.com, January 5, 2011