Iran 2008
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News on Iran in 2008
- MAY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
EU URGES IRAN TO SPARE MAN OVER YOUTHFUL KILLING
the European Union urged Iran not to execute a young man sentenced to death for a fatal stabbing committed when he was a minor
- MAY 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the state run Iranian Fars news agency reported that...
the state run Iranian Fars news agency reported that...
- APRIL 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the central city
- APRIL 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men were hanged for drug trafficking in the main prison of Qom, Iran. The prisoners were identified only as Mahmood, 47, and Ghodrat, 56.
- APRIL 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN YOUTH WHO KILLED LOVE RIVAL FACES EXECUTION
a 17 year old Iranian youth who knifed and killed a rival suitor for a girl was sentenced to death by a court in Tehran.
- APRIL 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE FOR MURDER
Iran hanged five men convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news
- APRIL 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PARDONS FIVE CONVICTED OF MURDER
five people convicted of murder in Iran were pardoned by the victims' families "in the last
- APRIL 22, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the central city of Isfahan,
- APRIL 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged four people convicted of drug trafficking in the country's
- APRIL 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IS 'NOT HIGH'
the number of executions in Iran is "not high", the judiciary said in response to an Amnesty International report that listed Iran as the world's second most prolific executioner in 2007.
- APRIL 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN DEATH PENALTY DISSIDENT RETURNS TO JAIL
an award-winning Iranian journalist and rights activist was due to return to prison after being allowed three months' leave because of illness, his lawyer said.
- APRIL 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran regime on hanged a man in the northern city of Gonbad Kavoos, the state run
Iran regime on hanged a man in the northern city of Gonbad Kavoos, the state run
- APRIL 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED IN ISFAHAN
three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, in Iran, reported the semi-official new agency Fars
- APRIL 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged two members of a Sunni militant group blamed for a string of attacks
Iran hanged two members of a Sunni militant group blamed for a string of attacks
- APRIL 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men convicted of abduction and murder were hanged in a prison in the
two men convicted of abduction and murder were hanged in a prison in the
- APRIL 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the northern province of Semnan, the
- APRIL 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, Abdol-Qodus and Mohammad Yousef...
two men, Abdol-Qodus and Mohammad Yousef, were hanged the prison of Zahedan the capital of Baluchistan province, Iran, reported the Iranian news site Tabnak.
- APRIL 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Afsaneh R., originally from Shiraz, Iran...
Afsaneh R., originally from Shiraz, Iran...
- APRIL 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN TO APPEAL REFUSAL OF REFUGEE STATUS
an Iranian overstayer's lawyer says he will be appealing a decision to refuse him refugee status by New Zealand.
- MARCH 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN IN DRUG HAUL ATTEMPT GETS DEATH
a court in Doha, Qatar, sentenced an Iranian man to death after he was found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.
- MARCH 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man faced gallows for an alleged crime he committed...
a young man faced gallows for an alleged crime he committed...
- MARCH 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NEW DEATH PENALTY FOR KURDISH JOURNALIST
A young Kurdish journalist has been condemned to death in Iran for the second
- MARCH 18, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN WITH DEATH SENTENCE RELEASED WITH SON
Mokarrameh Ebrahimi, the woman who was sentenced to stoning to death for
- MARCH 13, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GAY IRANIAN. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NO TO EXPULSION TO IRAN
the European Parliament approved the urgent resolution promoted by the Radical
- MARCH 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UK. PEERS LOBBY SMITH TO HALT DEPORTATION OF GAY IRANIAN
more than 60 peers have signed a letter to the Home Secretary urging the UK
- MARCH 13, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UK. VICTORY FOR KAZEMI AS HOME SECRETARY HALTS DEPORTATION TO IRAN
a gay teenager who faces the death penalty if he is forced to return to Iran won a
- MARCH 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the Iranian daily Etemaad-e-melli...
according to the Iranian daily Etemaad-e-melli...
- MARCH 11, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DUTCH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY GAY IRANIAN MAN
the Council of State, the Netherlands' highest administrative court, rejected an
- MARCH 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN LESBIAN WHO FLED TO BRITAIN FACES DEPORTATION
an Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and
- MARCH 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, one of them an Afghan, in