Iran 2008
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News on Iran in 2008
- FEBRUARY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
an Iranian music teacher, Abdollah Farivar Moghaddam, has been sentenced to death by stoning, for having relations with one of his students.
- JANUARY 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUDICIAL CHIEF MUST NOW APPROVE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
Iran announced that the powerful head of its judiciary must in future approve any
- JANUARY 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged five convicted murderers in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.
- JANUARY 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ARAB SEPARATIST HANGED IN KHUZESTAN
the prominent Iranian Arab separatist Zamel Bavi was hanged in
- JANUARY 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
three convicted for murder, in Iran...
three convicted for murder, in Iran...
- JANUARY 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
five men were hanged in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, in Iran, state media reported
five men were hanged in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, in Iran, state media reported
- JANUARY 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court of Iran upheld the death sentence of a young man named
the Supreme Court of Iran upheld the death sentence of a young man named
- JANUARY 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RARE EXECUTION FOR CORRUPTION CARRIED OUT
Iran has executed a customs contractor for corruption and three customs
- JANUARY 28, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS TWO CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER
two men convicted of raping and murdering nine women were hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Arak, the Fars news agency reported.
- JANUARY 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the Criminal Court in Kuwait City, Kuwait, sentenced an Iranian
the Criminal Court in Kuwait City, Kuwait, sentenced an Iranian
- JANUARY 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIRING SQUAD EXECUTES MAN WHO RAPED 17 CHILDREN
An Iranian firing squad executed a man who raped 17 children
- JANUARY 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged in the city of Torbat-e-Jam...
two men were hanged in the city of Torbat-e-Jam...
- JANUARY 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Akhtar in the central
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Akhtar in the central
- JANUARY 22, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer in the western city of Khoramabad,
- JANUARY 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of Javid, 20...
the death sentence of Javid, 20...
- JANUARY 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a minor offender, named Amir, is at imminent risk of execution...
a minor offender, named Amir, is at imminent risk of execution...
- JANUARY 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR AHWAZI ACTIVISTS EXECUTED
four Ahwazi activists were executed in secret last week by the Iranian
- JANUARY 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: IRAN'S STONING A CRUEL AND UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICE
as nine women and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International called on the Iranian authorities to abolish execution by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, specifically designed to increase the suffe
- JANUARY 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TOP CAMPAIGNER HARASSED
Emaddedin Baghi, Iran’s leading anti-death penalty campaigner, is back behind bars in the country’s notorious Evin prison after intense harassment leading to his hospitalisation and concern that he may have suffered a heart attack.
- JANUARY 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURD HANGED ON A STRETCHER
the Kurdish magazine Asu has published the photo of the execution in Iran of a Kurd with Turkish citizenship, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported.
- JANUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran regime hanged three, in public, for drug trafficking, in Birjand, capital of South Khorasan province bordering Afghanistan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
- JANUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 2 EXECUTED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
Two men, identified only as Mojtaba and Mohammad-Hossein, were
- JANUARY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the northern city of Tonkabon
- JANUARY 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR MURDER, ONE IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged former police official Abolfazl R in the central city of Arak for stabbing a man to death and raping his fiancée in the mountains outside Arak in December 2005, the report said.
- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iranian authorities handed over the body of Abdul Qayyum to Taftan police
- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUTHS TO BE EXECUTED IN IRAN FOR POSSIBLE ‘GAY’ RAPE
unconfirmed reports coming from Iran suggest that two youths are facing a brutal execution in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JANUARY 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED CHILD ABUSER
Iran hanged a man who was found guilty of severely torturing and raping a 12 year old boy in the western city of Hamedan, the state news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
three people were publicly hanged for drug trafficking in a square in the central
three people were publicly hanged for drug trafficking in a square in the central
- JANUARY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged 8 people convicted of murder, in a mass execution at
Iran hanged 8 people convicted of murder, in a mass execution at
- JANUARY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include: