IRAN: FOUR HANGED IN PUBLIC
Four men were publicly hanged in the Persian Gulf Island of Qeshm, according to the local "qeshmeazad" news website.
Four men were publicly hanged in the Persian Gulf Island of Qeshm, according to the local "qeshmeazad" news website.
The four prisoners were convicted of raping a girl in 2014 said the report.
The pictures published on Iran Human Rights website show hundreds of people watching the public hanging in a beach area.
None of the prisoners were identified by name.
Hassan Norouzi, a member of the Iran’s Parliament in a shocking confession said: “5,000 people aged 20 to 30 years old are on death row. Most of them are first-time drug offenders", Mehr state run news agency reported on November 23.
Youssefian, another member of parliament said: “We have executed so many, we execute every day. ... Rajaeeshahr 30, another place 20, another place 10, what was the result? In 1990 when I was the prosecutor in Mazandaran province, a report came from the office of education that when you execute one person, 20 to 30 other students don’t come to school… a lady said in the court … in Iran a whole family is executed, it is not the individual who gets executed”, Farhag state-run radio reported on November 23.
The four prisoners were convicted of raping a girl in 2014 said the report.
The pictures published on Iran Human Rights website show hundreds of people watching the public hanging in a beach area.
None of the prisoners were identified by name.
Hassan Norouzi, a member of the Iran’s Parliament in a shocking confession said: “5,000 people aged 20 to 30 years old are on death row. Most of them are first-time drug offenders", Mehr state run news agency reported on November 23.
Youssefian, another member of parliament said: “We have executed so many, we execute every day. ... Rajaeeshahr 30, another place 20, another place 10, what was the result? In 1990 when I was the prosecutor in Mazandaran province, a report came from the office of education that when you execute one person, 20 to 30 other students don’t come to school… a lady said in the court … in Iran a whole family is executed, it is not the individual who gets executed”, Farhag state-run radio reported on November 23.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 23/11/2016; Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, 23/11/2016)