Iran 1999
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Iran in 1999
- DECEMBER 17, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On December 17, The General Assembly condemned, for...
On December 17, The General Assembly condemned, for the forty-fifth time, the Iranian Government with regard to human rights
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In December, a juvenile accused of murder escaped execution...
In December, a juvenile accused of murder escaped execution after having been pardoned by the father of the victim
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, the Tehran morning newspapers, including...
On November 23, the Tehran morning newspapers, including Sobhe Emrooz, published a statement by the presiding judge of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran Gholamhossein Rahbarpoor, in which he announced that 3 of the students arrested during the demonstrati
- NOVEMBER 13, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On November 13, Khordad reported that Ahmad Batebi,...
On November 13, Khordad reported that Ahmad Batebi, a fine arts student at the Tehran University, had been condemned to death
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, Iranian representative Mostafa Alaie,...
On November 11, Iranian representative Mostafa Alaie, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said that initiatives at the international level on human rights should be guided by the principl
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of November, 10 people were hanged...
At the beginning of November, 10 people were hanged in a single day in Arak, on charges of drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In November, the entire Government was implicated in...
In November, the entire Government was implicated in the scandal that broke over political killings with the complicity of secret service officials
- OCTOBER 20, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on...
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on charges of insulting the Twelfth Imam, one of the holiest Shiite figures in Islam, by publishing a satirical play in The Wave, an obscure university magazine with about 150 readers
- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman,...
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman, identified only as Masoumeh, to be stoned for adultery in accordance with the country's Islamic laws and gave her a 15-year jail term for complicity in her husband's murder
- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a...
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a gang leader accused of killing at least 3 truck drivers, was reported in Tehran
- OCTOBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In October, a youth of 17 and his accomplice, aged...
In October, a youth of 17 and his accomplice, aged 19, were publicly hanged in a square for having killed two people in an attempt to rob them
- SEPTEMBER 28, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On September 28, a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered...
On September 28, a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered outside the gates of Tehran University to condemn 2 students and the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, whose pluralistic policies have come under increasing fire from angry conservatives and
- SEPTEMBER 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On September 11, an Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced...
On September 11, an Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced 4 people to death and more could face the death penalty for pro-democracy protests in July
- SEPTEMBER 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On September 11, the weekly Jebheh said it would donate...
On September 11, the weekly Jebheh said it would donate 100 million rials ($57,000) for the "revolutionary execution" of Hossein Baqerzadeh, a London-based human rights activist, if any ranking cleric issued a fatwa, or religious edict, condemning him to
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In September, a court ordered the reformist Iranian...
In September, a court ordered the reformist Iranian newspaper Neshat to stop publishing because it had run articles seen as questioning a central principle of Islamic justice and challenging the authority of Iran's supreme clerical leader and, in particul
- AUGUST 14, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named...
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi to replace Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who had been at the helm of Iran's judiciary since 1989
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer,...
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer, "because of his connections with some suspicious foreign elements and the fear of his escaping from Iran," judicial spokesman Saeed Nobari said
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences...
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences had been handed down to six officials whom it identified only by their initials
- JULY 22, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Iran signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 20, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 20, the newspaper Resalat reported that 3 Evin...
On July 20, the newspaper Resalat reported that 3 Evin prison officials were executed for extortion
- JULY 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University...
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University dormitory sparked mass protests, which highlighted the struggle between reformists and conservatives in the Government
- JUNE 23, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, 9 men charged with theft had their right...
On June 23, 9 men charged with theft had their right hand cut off at Mashhad prison
- JUNE 18, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On 18 June, 3 men accused of theft had the 4 fingers...
On 18 June, 3 men accused of theft had the 4 fingers of their right hand amputated during a public ceremony in Tabriz
- JUNE 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security...
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security service in Shiraz Province, confirmed the arrest of 13 Jewish leaders in the city on charges of spying for Israel and the United States
- JUNE 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35...
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35 had received two death sentences for kidnappings
- MAY 18, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations,...
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations, 3 men identified as Namdar, Faraj and Mojtaba were hanged in Qsar prison in Tehran
- MAY 13, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On 13 May, according to the local press, Abbas Afradeh,...
On 13 May, according to the local press, Abbas Afradeh, 18 years, was hanged from a crane in public in Bandar Abbas, accused of being a sympathizer of the Mojahedin of the Iranian People
- MAY 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 11, the newspaper Neshat published a statement...
On May 11, the newspaper Neshat published a statement by 325 political and cultural figures, asking the President of Iran for "the public trial of those who have masterminded, organized, planned and perpetrated these horrendous crimes," referring to the m
- MAY 6, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 6, according to Rahe Kargar, the organization...
On May 6, according to Rahe Kargar, the organization of the revolutionary workers of Iran, 4 men were executed in Sanandaj for drug trafficking