Iran 2021
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News on Iran in 2021
OCTOBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Representative Visited Iran Despite Iran’s Brutal Human Rights Abuses
Enrique Mora traveled to Iran on October 14
- OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Jafar-Zadeh, Soheil Hojjat-Far, and Yunes (last name unknown) executed in Zanjan on October 13
For drugs
OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Omar Amrolelahi and Unknown Man Executed in Qom on October 13
For murder
OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent: Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Scheduled to be Executed in 24 Hours
OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Amiri, Hossein Shamsi, Ali Mokhtari and Yavar Dehzadeh Executed in Isfahan on October 12
On drug-related charges
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Seifali executed in Isfahan Prison on October 12
301 executions since the beginning of the year
- OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi executed in Karaj on October 11
For murder
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Sarani executed in Birjand Prison on October 11
282 executions in 2021
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Rakhshani executed in Ghaen on October 11
On drug-related charges
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Latifi and Unknown Man Executed in Kermanshah on October 11
- OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Ghassabi-Sini executed in Isfahan on October 10
No further details
OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Shiraz Central Prison in September
Meysam Atefifard, Hadi Razi, Rasoul Akrami and Omid Keshtkar
OCTOBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Women and the Death Penalty in Iran
A 12 Year Analysis
- OCTOBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Shaker Executed in Yazd on 6 October 2021
The news was reported by IHR on February 21, 2022
OCTOBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Father and son executed in Yazd Prison on October 3
Hossein and Ramin Dadzadeh
OCTOBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Hedayati executed in Amol Prison on October 2
For murder
- OCTOBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 inmates executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz on October 1
At least 277 executions in Iran so far in 2021
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mashallah Sabzi Executed
Based on Qassameh Testimony
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirhossein Hatemi died under torture on September 23
At the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Abdullahi executed in Zahedan Prison on September 29
For murder
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbasgholi Salehi, Hamid Shahsanayi and Mohammad Barahouyi executed in Isfahan on September 29
81 executions for drug related crimes
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Salehi-Jabehdar executed in Karaj Prison on September 29
On rape charges
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Naji and Vahab Samadi executed in Shiraz on September 25
Naji for drugs, Samadi for murder
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana received reports regarding mass executions
in Taybad, Torbat-e Jam, and Mashhad prisons
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mass executions in prisons in the north of the country in September
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Forouhid executed in Boroujerd Prison on September 22
For murder
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on September 22
for murder during a robbery
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahin Naseri Dies in Custody Under Suspicious Circumstances
Witness to Navid Afkari’s Torture
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22
For murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abed Khodaverdi and Arshad Jodat executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs