Iran 2011
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News on Iran in 2011
MARCH 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 10 HANGED IN MASHHAD
the Iranian regime hanged at least 10 people in the northeastern city of Mashhad
MARCH 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ten people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Sana'a, Yemen, Judge Mohamed al-Hakimi of the Specialised Criminal Division sentenced Iranian national Mumtaz Sultan Amiri to death for bringing drugs into the country.
FEBRUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS EXECUTED
10 Kurds were hanged in the central prison in Umrye, Iran, for being members of Kurdish political
FEBRUARY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, early this morning.
FEBRUARY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to reports from Iran, three men were hanged in public in the town of Salmas, northwest of Iran.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTIONS REQUESTED
in Zahedan, Iran, the prosecutor in Sistan-va-Balouchestan, Ebrahim Hamidi...
FEBRUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN KURDISTAN
Two people were hanged in the prison of Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan
- FEBRUARY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the prison of Sari, north of Iran. According to the official
FEBRUARY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two men were hanged in the town of Khoramabad, in the west Iranian province of
FEBRUARY 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: IRANIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iranian carpet seller Hossein Nsiri Zahed, 50, was sentenced to hang by Justice Ghazali
FEBRUARY 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: AT LEAST 546 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN IRAN IN 2010
Iran Human Rights (IHR) presented its annual report on the death penalty in 2010 in a press
FEBRUARY 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, ten people were hanged in Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, northeast of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES 2 IN TORTURE DEATHS
A pro-government web site says Iran has executed two prison officials convicted of
FEBRUARY 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXTENDS ENFORCEMENT OF ISLAMIC PENAL CODE, INCLUDING STONING
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad extended for another year enforcement of the Islamic Penal
- FEBRUARY 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan Miri to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SURGE IN EXECUTIONS
Iranian opposition leaders condemned the growing number of executions in Iran. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi expressed grave alarm over the "rushed execution of death penalties in the country without adherence to appropriate and legal procedures.
FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTIONS THREE TIMES LAST YEAR'S RATE –U.N.
Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations
FEBRUARY 1, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: IRANIAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Abdul Rahim Uda sentenced iranian taxi driver Alihosseinzadeh
- JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONDEMNS IRAN'S HANGING OF DUTCH-IRANIAN WOMAN
the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned Iran's hanging of Dutch-Iranian citizen Sahra Bahrami, 46, for cocaine smuggling.
- JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
the spokesman for the Iranian judicial branch announced that a person convicted of
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PERSON EXECUTED, PAIR CONDEMNED TO DEATH
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general
JANUARY 29, 2011NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS IRANIAN-DUTCH WOMAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an Iranian-Dutch woman, Zahra Bahrami, arrested after taking part in anti-government
- JANUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 MORE HANGINGS
Eleven people have been executed recently in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
- JANUARY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported