Iran 2007
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News on Iran in 2007
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IMMINENT HANGING OF BOY WHO COMMITTED A CRIME WHEN 15
the death sentence for a boy in Iran who had committed a crime when he was only 15 has shocked human rights organizations and activists.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN PUBLIC OUTSIDE TEHRAN
Iran hanged a convicted murderer in public in a town just south of the capital Tehran...
- AUGUST 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SOUTHEAST IRAN
two drug smugglers were executed in Iranshahr, Iran
- AUGUST 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
two men were executed in Zahedan in Iran for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED IN PUBLIC
the Shiraz General and Revolution Court prosecutor reported a public hanging in Shiraz, Iran.
- AUGUST 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
- AUGUST 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 3 FOR RAPE IN LATEST PUBLIC EXECUTION
Iran hanged three men in public for raping a woman, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAN FOR "TERRORIZING" SOCIETY
the public relations centre of the judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province in Iran announced that an ‘armed thug’ called Sanaoallah Mirbaluchzehi was sentenced to death for his involvement in an armed kidnapping and for terrorizing society.
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
- AUGUST 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the town of Taibad in the eastern Khorasan Razavi province, the student ISNA news agency reported.
- AUGUST 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN BABLOSAR
an Iranian man was hanged in public in a square in the northern town of Bablosar in Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- AUGUST 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
- AUGUST 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN FARS
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder near the town of Jahrom in the southern Fars province...
- AUGUST 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN GOLESTAN
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder in the town of Gonbad-e Kavous in the northern province of Golestan, state-run television reported on its website.
- AUGUST 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRODI DEFENDS CRITICISM OF IRANIAN EXECUTIONS
Premier Romano Prodi defended Italy’s opposition to the death penalty after Rome's criticism of Iran’s use of capital punishment escalated into a diplomatic fight.
- AUGUST 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE CRIMINALS
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed assault in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN REJECTS EU PROTESTS OVER INCREASE IN EXECUTIONS
Iran rejected protests by the European Union over the increased number of executions
- AUGUST 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Italy voiced its "deep concern" over the recent executions in Iran and asked Tehran to suspend the death penalty handed down against two Iranian-Kurdish journalists.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER
two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY DEMANDS URGENT ACTION FOR TWO FACING DEATH IN IRAN
human rights group Amnesty International called for the death sentences against two Kurdish cousins in Iran to be commuted as it issued an "urgent action" appeal on their behalf.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NINE HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY, OTHER CRIMES
Iran hanged nine men sentenced to death for rape, armed robbery and other offences, most of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, state media reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS 2 KURDISH REPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran's judiciary for the first time confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God."
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JAIL FOR JOURNALIST FOR DEFENDING DEATH ROW COLLEAGUES
a Tehran revolutionary court sentenced journalist Emadoldin Baghi to three years in prison
- JULY 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO ‘COMMON CRIMINALS’ EXECUTED
Iran hanged two ‘common criminals’, identified as Haj-Morad Mohammadi and Fazel Ramezani. No other details were provided.
- JULY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIANS MAY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR BEING GAY
expatriate Iranian sources are reporting that some of the 16 people hanged last week, labelled 'the most famous hooligans in Tehran', were executed for being gay
- JULY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS CONVICTED RAPIST
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted on two counts of rape in the northern city of Sari, the Iranian state-run television website reported.
- JULY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEEN SET TO ESCAPE EXECUTION
an Iranian teenager awaiting execution for murdering a drug dealer while he was
- JULY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the western city of Kermanshah