Iran 2002
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News on Iran in 2002
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and...
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and the others for the murder and armed robbery of motorist
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan...
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan sentenced Rasool Chatrali to public hanging, the Farsi language newspaper Jame Jam reported
- JANUARY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr,...
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr, Iran
- JANUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar...
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar pour Rajab to death
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on...
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on his neck in Iran's northern city of Lahijan in the Gilan Province after being pardoned by the victim's family, the Persian daily Iran said
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran,...
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran, the Farsi language newspaper Ettelaat reported
- JANUARY 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi...
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi language newspaper Keyhan reported
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife,...
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife, was publicly hanged in the northwestern city of Nir, in Iran's Ardabil Province
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
- JANUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed four men, one of them in public
Iran executed four men, one of them in public
- JANUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
- JANUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Yousef Moini, a bank robber, was hanged in public in...
Yousef Moini, a bank robber, was hanged in public in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- JANUARY 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mostafa K
Mostafa K
- JANUARY 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face...
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face torture in their homelands "generally" cannot be deported there, unless the evidence shows that their continued presence in Canada poses a serious security risk to the country
- JANUARY 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Reza R
Hamid Reza R
- JANUARY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline revolutionary court began the trial...
Iran's hardline revolutionary court began the trial in closed session of 15 Iranian activists charged with "conspiring to overthrow the Islamic system"
- JANUARY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was publicly hanged for murdering a...
An Iranian man was publicly hanged for murdering a woman and two others were hanged for rape, newspapers said
- JANUARY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death in the Iranian city...
Two men were sentenced to death in the Iranian city of Kerman
- JANUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital...
A woman was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Farsi language newspaper Afarinesh reported
- JANUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Asghar and Mohammed Naghi were condemned to death...
Ali Asghar and Mohammed Naghi were condemned to death in the Iranian city of Ozgol, the Farsi language newspaper Afarinesh reported
- JANUARY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran carried out at least 198 executions, including...
Iran carried out at least 198 executions, including at least 6 women and a juvenile, in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Stoning is a pre-Islamic punishment
Stoning is a pre-Islamic punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California...
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), in an interview with Radio Free Europe, said stoning is a double-standard punishment: "There is a double standard here, even though the practice is applied to both men and w