Iran 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Iran in 2000
- JULY 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced...
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran for murdering Manuchehr M
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Soussan Hajirian, 42, who had been convicted of murdering her ex-husband after he beat the couple's children
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting...
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting 13 girls (aged 4 to 9) over a period of 7 years (1989-1996), was hanged in Ghasr prison, Tehran
- JUNE 19, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdollah Rasouli, 31, convicted of killing his pregnant...
Abdollah Rasouli, 31, convicted of killing his pregnant wife on January 23, 2000 was sentenced to death
- JUNE 15, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman,...
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman, 22, and M
- JUNE 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Keyvan Najafi, convicted of murdering Hossein Soleimani,...
Keyvan Najafi, convicted of murdering Hossein Soleimani, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei...
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei in Autumn 1999, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place...
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place in 1994, was executed in public in the village of Shaam Asbi (near Ardebil)
- JUNE 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death,...
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death, and Batoul Ahmadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and 15 years for killing Batoul's husband, Javad Ahmadi
- MAY 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was...
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was executed on the Garmseer bridge in public in the town of Taft
- MAY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of...
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of hijacking a passenger plane to Iraq in 1993, was sentenced to death
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as...
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as Kianoush, were hanged in Qasr prison, Tehran, on charges of murder
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud F
Mahmoud F
- MAY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for...
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug smuggling
- MAY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known...
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known as Soudabeh, was handed two death sentences for killing a 70 year old man, to whom she was "temporarily wed" and his 12 year old grandson
- MAY 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to...
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to death, and 74 lashings, for murdering a man in the course of an armed robbery
- MAY 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death...
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death for killing his brother in law in Khavaran, near Tehran
- APRIL 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the commutation of death sentences against Mehrdad Sohrabi, Ahmad Batebi, Abbas Deldar and Akbar Mohammadi for their part in the student demonstrations in capital Tehran, in July 1999
- APRIL 27, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced...
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced to death and 91 lashes for killing Faryad-Shiran's husband
- APRIL 19, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad...
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad for murder
- APRIL 18, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed...
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Abolfazl Allahgholi, 28
- APRIL 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Heidari, 21, Qassem Hosseini,19, Mohammadreza...
Saeed Heidari, 21, Qassem Hosseini,19, Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, Habibollah Eidmorad and Jalil Pourjalai were executed by hanging in Qasr prison, Tehran, on unrelated charges of murder
- APRIL 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mashallah Shamsol-Vaezin, a pioneer of independent...
Mashallah Shamsol-Vaezin, a pioneer of independent media and editor of a succession of banned titles, was imprisoned for thirty months on the grounds that an article he had published criticizing the death penalty defamed Islam
- MARCH 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Kahi and Mohammad Noushin were sentenced to...
Hassan Kahi and Mohammad Noushin were sentenced to death for murdering Dr
- MARCH 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic penal code envisages stiff sentences for...
The Islamic penal code envisages stiff sentences for a range of social, sexual and political offences, including frequent lashing and even executions
- MARCH 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to death for murdering her husband
A woman was sentenced to death for murdering her husband
- MARCH 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hussein Abedini, a member of the foreign affairs committee,...
Hussein Abedini, a member of the foreign affairs committee, said Iranian clerics had carried out some 120,000 executions since 1978, secretly or publicly, and that 700 people had been executed since the beginning of 1999
- MARCH 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences that...
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences that had been passed on Balal Moazami, Abbas A
- MARCH 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Arjmandi received two death sentences for murdering...
Hossein Arjmandi received two death sentences for murdering a mother and her son