Iran 2007
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Iran in 2007
OCTOBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FIVE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five drug traffickers were executed in Birjand in northeast
- OCTOBER 19, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OFFICIAL DENIES YOUNG AFGHAN PRISONERS EXECUTED
IRANIAN OFFICIAL DENIES YOUNG AFGHAN PRISONERS EXECUTED
- OCTOBER 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EU OPPOSES EXECUTION SENTENCE OF ALI MAHIN TORABI
the EU announced it was deeply concerned by the confirmation by H. E. Ayatollah Sharoudi, Chief of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, of the execution sentence on Mr Ali Mahin Torabi.
- OCTOBER 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: URGENT APPEAL FOR A YOUNG MAN FACING EXECUTION FOR PLAYGROUND DEATH WHEN AGED 16
Amnesty International launched an urgent appeal for Ali Mahin Torabi
OCTOBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EIGHT MEN, ONE WOMAN HANGED IN TEHRAN PRISON
Iranian authorities hanged eight men and a woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported.
OCTOBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE IN CITY OF SHIRAZ
Iran hanged three convicted rapists in public in the southern city of Shiraz, the
- OCTOBER 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN YOUTH DEATH VERDICT
the European Union voiced ‘deep concern’ over what it said was the possible imminent execution of an Iranian man convicted of murdering a fellow school pupil when he was 16 years old. Ali Mahin Torabi, who has been in prison since 2002, was sentenced to d
- OCTOBER 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ARAB RIGHTS GROUP APPEALS TO UN AGAINST AHWAZI EXECUTIONS
the Ahwaz Human Rights Organization issued an appeal to Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, protesting the imminent execution of six Ahwazi Arabs in Ahwaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran.
OCTOBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG WOMAN FACING EXECUTION
a young Iranian woman accused of killing an 80 year old man who allegedly held her prisoner in his home may be executed within days.
- OCTOBER 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran arrested a prominent rights activist who has campaigned against the death penalty on charges...
Iran arrested a prominent rights activist who has campaigned against the death penalty on charges...
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN IRANIAN KURDISTAN
two Iranians, Kiumars and Nader Mohammadi have been hanged in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province, authorities announced.
OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EXECUTIONS REACH 265 DEATHS IN A YEAR
Iran has executed 265 people in the past twelve months in a dramatic increase
OCTOBER 8, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN WANTS TO TRANSFER 16 AFGHAN CHILDREN SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION IN IRAN
the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that 16
- OCTOBER 4, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. PAPER FEARS CHILD DRUG SMUGGLERS FACE HANGING IN IRAN
16 Afghan children were arrested by Iranian border forces on the Islam Qala-
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abolfazl F., 33...
a man, identified only as Abolfazl F., 33...
OCTOBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER, SODOMY AND OTHER CRIMES
a man, identified as Shanuz Morovati, was hanged in a public square in Iran after
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THE JUDICIARY ADVISOR DEFENDS THE PUNISHMENT OF STONING TO DEATH
Mohammad-Javad Larijani, the mullahs’ Judiciary Chief Advisor and an ideologue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE OF 12 WOMEN
Iran hanged three men in public for raping and robbing twelve young women, most of them university
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYUN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL: IRAN SHOULD STOP EXECUTING CHILDREN
Iran should immediately halt the execution of children, the
SEPTEMBER 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRANIAN COURT SENTENCES TWO TEENAGERS TO DEATH FOR RAPE
an Iranian court sentenced two teenagers to death on the charges of rape
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN AHWAZ
in Iran, the Mullahs' regime executed three prisoners in
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the official Iranian Fars news agency...
according to the official Iranian Fars news agency...
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
a man identified only as M. Kh., who stabbed his mother...
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SEVEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged seven men in public who were convicted of drug trafficking
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES THREE AHWAZI ARABS
the Iranian regime executed three Ahwazi Arab political prisoners just days after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, visited Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR RAPE
Iran hanged two convicted rapists separately in the Shiite religious
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EU CALL ON IRAN TO PUT OFF ALL EXECUTIONS
the Presidency of the EU declared on the imminent execution in
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - MAN EXECUTED IN THE KURDISH CITY OF URMIYE
Islamic Republic authorities executed Mohammad Reza Shojai Niko in the Eastern Kurdish...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two drug traffickers in its southern port city of Bandar Abbas
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted