Iran 2008

IRAN. WOMAN AMONG FIVE EXECUTED

Four men and one woman were hanged in a Tehran jail for murder, with two others given

IRAN. ANOTHER MAN HANGED FOR CRIME COMMITTED AS A MINOR

Iran hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, the second execution in a week that

IRAN HANGS THREE FOR DRUG DEALING IN SOUTHEAST PROVINCE

the Provincial judiciary department announced that verdicts were passed for the execution of three people for drug smuggling.

IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER AFTER 19 YEARS

Iran hanged a man convicted of raping and murdering a relative in the prison of Tabriz (northwest Iran), reported the state run news agency ISCAnews

IRAN: ARTISTS SUMMONED FOR EXPRESSING SYMPATHY WITH MINORS ON DEATH ROW

in Iran, two movie stars and a director, Ezatollah Entezami, Parviz Parastooi and Kiumars Pour-Ahmadi were summoned to Tehran's prosecutor office for trying to save the life of a juvenile prisoner, the state-run daily Kargozaran reported.

IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG DEALING IN SOUTHEAST PROVINCE

the public relations unit of the Sistan-Baluchestan Province judiciary department in Iran announced that the Zahedan Islamic Revolution Court issued a ruling on the execution of Bahram Nikpur.

IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER IN BOJNOURD

the Iranian governement hanged a man convicted of murder in the northeastern town of Bojnourd, a press report said.

IRAN: CONDEMNATION FOR MULLAHS' VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

France, the EU's current rotary president, expressed again in a statement "its deep concern" over the imminent execution order of Behnood Shojaee.

IRANIAN FACES HANGING FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR

Kargozaran newspaper said that Iran’s judiciary has approved the death sentence for a young man who committed murder as a minor.

IRAN 'HANGS MAN FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR'

Iran hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, in violation of an international convention on child rights, reports said. Reza Hejazi, 20, was hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan for stabbing a man to death in a fight in 2003, th

IRAN HANGS TWO CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING

Iran hanged two convicted of drug smuggling inside a Tehran prison, the state run news agency Quds reported

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IRAN: FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE FACE EXECUTION

four young people, who were minors at the time their alleged crimes were committed, are expected to be hanged in the next few days.

MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY IN SOUTHEAST IRAN

a man was hanged in Zahedan, Iran, on charges of adultery. According to the public relations unit of the main judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the suspect Hasan Sadeqpur was sentenced to death by hanging on charges of adultery followin

IRAN: KURDISH STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH

an Iranian court sentenced to death a Kurdish student, Habibollah Latifi, his lawyer Nemat Ahmadi announced.

IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Iran hanged four convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the state-run television's website reported.

IRAN TO EXECUTE FOUR FOR RAPING A MAN

a court in Iran handed death sentences to four men including a minor for raping a man after a fight, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.

IRAN: KURDISH ACTIVISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH

two Kurdish activists were condemned to death in a closed court hearing in the Iranian city of Sanandaj.

IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING

Iran hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in a prison in the country's central clerical capital, Qom, the conservative Kayhan newspaper reported.

IRAN: SUSPENSION OF STONING A WELCOME STEP IF CARRIED OUT

Amnesty International welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran's judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several women have had their sentences commuted.

IRAN. TWO BALUCHI ACTIVISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN

Yaghub Mehrnahad, a 28 year old Baluchi journalist, human rights and cultural activist, has been hanged in a prison in Zahedan, Iran, Etemad Melli newspaper reported without saying when the execution took place.

IRAN SUSPENDS DEATH BY STONING

Iran suspended the punishment of death by stoning, state media announced.

THREE IRANIAN MEN, ONE WOMAN, TO BE EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM

IRAN. FIVE KURDS EXECUTED, INCLUDING A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

Iran executed five Kurds, one of whom was a fifteen-year-old child, Kurdishaspect.com, an independent website based in the USA, reported.

IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN

Iran hanged two prisoners, identified as Yaser K., 22, and Mahmoud, 33, in the prison yard in the central city of Isfahan.

EU CONDEMNS EXECUTION OF 29 PEOPLE IN EVIN PRISON IN IRAN

the European Union condemned ‘in the strongest terms the 29 simultaneous executions which took place in Evin prison, Iran, on Sunday 27 July 2008.

EBADI RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS IRAN MASS EXECUTION

the rights group run by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi protested the hanging by Iran of 29 criminals in a mass execution and said it doubted the convicts were given a fair trial.

IRAN. MASS EXECUTION IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

Iran hanged 29 people at dawn after they had been convicted of murder, drug trafficking and other crimes, state run television reported.

IRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN- GOVERNMENTS THAT VOTED FOR THE MORATORIUM SHOULD ACT

regarding the 29 executions in Iran, Sergio D’Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary, stated: “The executions today in Iran further prove the danger posed by Ahmadinejad. Many acknowledge and attempt to prevent the future threats to peace and world security repre