Iran 2010
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News on Iran in 2010
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Sistan-Baluchestan Province Prosecutor Mohammad Marziye denied...
Sistan-Baluchestan Province Prosecutor Mohammad Marziye denied...
FEBRUARY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUNDULLAH' LEADERS' BROTHER EXECUTED
Iran executed Jundullah terrorist organisation leader Abdolmalek Rigi's brother
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DISSIDENTS - 'GOVERNMENT KILLS TO INSTILL FEAR'
according to the International Network Iran Human Rights 2009 Report there were 402 executions
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
- FEBRUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in two different Iranian cities for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PEJAK TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
five people were executed in the Iranian city of Urmia for assisting terrorist organisation PEJAK
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN REJECTS U.N. CALL TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
Iran rejected calls to release all political prisoners and accept an international inquiry
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 21-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran sentenced political prisoner, Amir Reza Aarefi, 21, to death on the charge of “mohareb” (enemy of God). Aarefi was arrested in April 2009 and was in prison during the presidential election...
FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TIES TO MONARCHIST GROUP
An Iranian court sentenced Amir-Reza Arefi to death for ties to an illegal group called the Iranian
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY TO UN ON IRAN EXECUTING MINORS
Italy voiced "serious concern" to the United Nations over Iran's "systematic" use of capital
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER INCLUSION IN GROUP TRIAL
an Iranian man arrested more than a month before Iran's June election was sentenced to death after being included in a mass trial over postelection protests.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 7 DEATH PENALTIES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONFIRMED
the Head of the Kerman Revolutionary Court in Iran said that death sentences for seven out of 24 members of a drugs trafficking band were confirmed by the Appeals Court.
FEBRUARY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOTS
an Iranian has been condemned to death for anti-government riots at the
- FEBRUARY 7, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN'S MOURNING MOTHERS: "STOP THE EXECUTIONS"
Mourning Mothers, a group of wives and mothers who have lost their spouses or children during the post-elections protests in Iran objected to the executions of political protesters.
FEBRUARY 6, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SHIRIN EBADI'S SAYS DEATH TRIAL UNFAIR
Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, 62, said that a 19 year old man
- FEBRUARY 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXECUTE NINE PROTESTERS 'SOON': JUDICIARY OFFICIAL
Iran will "soon execute" nine people arrested during anti-government protests for seeking to topple the
JANUARY 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
Two young men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison around noon.
JANUARY 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MULLAHS' GUARDIAN COUNCIL SECRETARY CALLS FOR MORE EXECUTIONS
Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the iranian clerical regime’s Guardian Council and a leading figure in the faction affiliated to Khamenei, reiterated in his Friday prayers sermon on the need to uphold the “velayat-e faqih” (absolute rule of clergy), State-run
JANUARY 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO POST-ELECTION 'RIOTERS' HANGED
Two of the people who have been sentenced to death in connection to the post-election protests in Iran, were hanged early this morning.
JANUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED KILLER OF PROSECUTOR HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murdering a top judiciary official in the central city of Isfahan, Fars
- JANUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: BROTHER OF GANG LEADER TO BE EXECUTED
Abdolhamid Rigi, brother of opposition gang leader Abdolmalek Rigi, was sentenced to death in Iran.
JANUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL
One man was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, northwestern Iran, reported the official Iranian news agency
- JANUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
one man was hanged in the prison of Khash, according to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Sistan-Baluchestan.
- JANUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
LETTER BY KURDISH PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN
female political prisoner Shirin Alam Hooli, sentenced to death in Iran for being a member of a Kurdish opposition organization PJAK...
- JANUARY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
an appeal court in Iran sentenced two Kurdish political prisoners to death. Mohammad-Amin Abdollahi, 25, and Ghader Mohammadzadeh were accused of organizing unlawful groups among other charges.
- JANUARY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN TRADE UNIONIST TO BE EXECUTED
Iranian-Kurdish activist and teacher trade unionist Farzad Kamangar is facing the threat of imminent execution this weekend.
- JANUARY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization announced the names...
- JANUARY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
six men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged early this morning in a prison in
- JANUARY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WARNING AGAINST EXECUTION OF FIVE DETAINEES OF RECENT UPRISING
Abbas Jaafari Dowlat Abadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor, announced today that the cases of five individuals
- JANUARY 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEN IRANIAN CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
ten Iranian citizens were sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs and will be executed over next days, the website of Iranian television reported.