Iran 2019
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News on Iran in 2019
- AUGUST 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on August 4 in Maragheh prison.
IRAN - Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on August 4 in Maragheh prison.
- AUGUST 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Updates on the Djalali case.
IRAN - Updates on the Djalali case.
- AUGUST 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
AUGUST 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ECONOMIC CORRUPTION
Iran’s judiciary has shared information on hundreds of court verdicts for convicts of corruption and financial wrongdoing, saying a total of nine people have been sentenced to death and four others to life in jail.
- AUGUST 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Civil activists Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz sentenced to long prison terms
IRAN - Civil activists Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz sentenced to long prison terms
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FORMER VP MOHAMMAD ALI NAJAFI GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
Iran's state TV says a former mayor of Tehran who also served as one of the country's vice presidents was sentenced to death on 30 July 2019 for killing his wife.
- JULY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Former Iran VP Mohammad Ali Najafi sentenced to death on July 30 for killing wife.
IRAN - Former Iran VP Mohammad Ali Najafi sentenced to death on July 30 for killing wife.
- JULY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
JULY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were recently hanged in Iran for murder and drug trafficking.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
JULY 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN HANGED AT THE CENTRAL PRISON OF URMIA
Two women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, were hanged at the Central Prison of Urmia on 23 July 2019.
- JULY 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS IT ARRESTED CIA SPIES AND SENTENCED SOME TO DEATH
Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who it says were working for the CIA, and sentenced some of them to death.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
- JULY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
JULY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN MAHABAD PRISON FOR MURDER
A Kurdish woman named Maliheh Salehian was executed in the central prison of Mahabad on July 16, 2019.
- JULY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified as Asif Khani, was hanged on July 18.
IRAN - A man, identified as Asif Khani, was hanged on July 18.
- JULY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged on July 18.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged on July 18.
JULY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 90TH WOMAN EXECUTED DURING ROUHANI’S TERM
A woman, Zahra Safari Moghaddam, was hanged on 17 July 2019, in the Prison of Noshahr.
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Zahra Safari Moghaddam, was hanged on July 17, 2019, in the Prison of Noshahr.
IRAN - A woman, Zahra Safari Moghaddam, was hanged on July 17, 2019, in the Prison of Noshahr.
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moharram Nemati and Asgar (Akbar) Bartar were hanged at Urmia prison on July 17.
IRAN - Moharram Nemati and Asgar (Akbar) Bartar were hanged at Urmia prison on July 17.
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, not identified, was hanged in Mahshahr on July 17
IRAN - A man, not identified, was hanged in Mahshahr on July 17
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Lavashak, Yousef Gholizadeh, Hadi Asef and Akbar Sabbaghzadeh executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 17.
IRAN - Ali Lavashak, Yousef Gholizadeh, Hadi Asef and Akbar Sabbaghzadeh executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 17.