Iran 2018

IRAN: TRADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'DISRUPTING ECONOMY'

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld death sentences given to two financial traders convicted of illegal currency trading and "disrupting the economy", RFE/RL reported on 23 October 2018.

IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN

Two prisoners were hanged on 16 October 2018 in Isfahan on murder charges.

IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ILAM PRISON

A prisoner was executed on 17 October 2018 at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges.

IRAN: MAN HANGED AT FERDOWS COUNTY PRISON

According to HRANA, on 14 October 2018 a prisoner named Ayyub Jahandar, 28, from Torbat Heydariye city, was hanged at Ferdows County prison.

IRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SHAHREKORD PRISON

Two Prisoners were executed on murder charges at Shahrekord prison on 14 October 2018 morning.

IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed

IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed

IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON

According to HRANA, in the morning of 17 April 2018 a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on murder charges. The prisoner was identified as Hossein Tal’ati, 31.

IRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEDAYAT ABDOLLAHPOUR

Supreme Court Branch 47 has upheld the death sentence for Urmia prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour, one of several defendants charged in connection to the Oshnavieh clashes, his lawyer Hossein Ahmadiniaz told HRANA on 10 October 2018. It also upheld the prison

IRAN: MAN HANGED AT QAZVIN CENTRAL PRISON

According to IHR sources, on the morning of 2 October 2018 Hamed Valizadeh was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison (also called Chubin Dar).

IRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON

Based on information from Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, three prisoners held at Rajai Shahr Prison were executed on the morning of 3 October 2018.

IRAN: A FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDER AND FOUR MEN HANGED

Zeynab Sekanvand, a juvenile offender who was 17 years old when arrested for the murder of her husband, was executed on October 2, 2018 morning at Urmia prison along with four other prisoners.

IRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRIVE AGAINST ECONOMIC CRIMES

Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on September 30, 2018

IRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH

The Supreme Court in Iran accepted the death sentence of Arsalan Khodkam, a political prisoner, Iran Human Rights reported on September 26, 2018.

IRAN: MAN HANGED AT TONEKABON'S PRISON

According to a report by HRANA, on the morning of September 25, 2018 one prisoner was executed at Nashtarud-Tonekabon Prison.

IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES DESPITE CASE OBSCURITY

Iranian authorities executed a man for drug related charges on September 15, 2018.

IRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED PDKI CONNECTIONS

Iranian judiciary authorities on September 23, 2018 issued the death penalty to a Kurdish inmate over political activities and alleged membership in a Kurdish party.

IRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ PRISON

According to the state-run news agency, Mizan, on the morning of September 22, 2018 nine prisoners were executed at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz.

IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH

According to Javanonline website, the Criminal Court of Tehran has issued a verdict for Mehrdad for the third time and this time he is sentenced to death, Iranian Global Network reported on September 18, 2018.

IRAN: MAN HANGED AT SARAVAN PRISON

According to a close source, on September 12, 2018 a prisoner who was sentenced to death on murder charges was executed at Saravan Prison.

IRANIAN AUTHORITIES EXECUTED THREE BALOCH PRISONERS

According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, three political prisoners detained in Zahedan prison were transferred to solitary confinement on September 1st, 2018 and executed on 3rd September.

IRAN: PRISONER HANGED TO DEATH WITHOUT WARNING

Kamal Ahmadnejad, a prisoner held on death row in Miandoab Prison in northwestern Iran, was precipitously executed in the early morning.

IRAN: THREE KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER EXECUTED

Three Iranian Kurdish political prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Loghman Moradi and Zanyar Moradi, were executed this morning at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.

IRAN: AT LEAST EIGHT PRISONERS HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON

A group of eight prisoners were hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison.

IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER BEING EXECUTED IN 2018

IHR can confirm information about the execution of Abolfazl Naderi, a juvenile offender who was arrested at the age of 16 for an alleged murder.

IRAN HANGS TWO INMATES IN RAJAEI SHAHR PRISON OF KARAJ

Two prisoners were executed in Rajaei Shahr Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran.

IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDABIL

IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN MINAB

According to a report by Azad News Agency (ANA), on the morning three prisoners were executed at Minab Prison.

IRAN: TWO PRISONERS WERE HANGED AT URMIA CENTRAL PRISON

Two prisoners were hanged on drug related charges at Urmia Central prison

IRAN: TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN MASHHAD

Two prisoners convicted of murder were publicly hanged in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.