Two men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, today
31 July 2010
According to the report the men were identified as "Behnam J" (32) convicted of keeping 1 kilo and 645 grams of heroin, and Shahram A. convicted of keeping 166 grams and selling 15 grams of crack.
The charges have not been confirmed by any independent (...)
IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASKES THE WORLD TO SUPPORT MOHAMMAD MOSTAFAEI:
The human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei urges the Iranian authorities to release his wife and brother in law
31 July 2010
The human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei asked in an open letter to Jafar Dowlatabadi the public prosecutor of Tehran, to release his wife and brother in law.
Mr. Mostafaei wrote in his letter: "The district prosecutor of Shahid Moghaddas, has in an act which is unjustifiable and contrary to the principle of (...)
Jafar Kazemi, a post-election protester, at imminent danger of execution in Iran
30 July 2010
His death sentence has been approved by the Supreme court and sent to the section for implementation of the verdict. His execution could be carried out at any time.
Nasim Qanavi, Kazemi’s attorney, confirmed the news and told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her request to review the case has been denied and at the (...)
One man was hanged in Qazvin west of Tehran today
29 July 2010
The man who was identified as Yousef Khamseh (35) and was convicted of rape and robbery according to the report.
Three people were hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran
27 July 2010
All the three were convicted of drug trafficking and identified by their initials as "A. A." convicted of keeping 80 grams of crack, "S. Z." convicted of keeping 335 grams of heroin and "S. M." for keeping 43 grams of heroin.
No independent sources has confirmed the charges mentioned (...)
The wife and brother in law of the human rights lawyer in detention- Mohammad Mostafaei summoned to the Evin prison
25 July 2010
The human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who has been defending several minors on the death row in Iran, was summoned to the Evin prison yesterday, just few hours after being interrogated by (...)
Hands of five people were amputated in Iran today
22 July 2010
They were all convicted of robbery according to the report.
The local judiciary official Akbar Biglari said to the news agencies: “The average age of the five thieves on whom the hand amputation verdict was carried out was over 25 and they had committed major thefts”.
Biglari added "normally the (...)
One man was hanged in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, today
21 July 2010
The man was identified as "S. H." and convicted of smugling 990 grams of crack according to the report. Teh execution took place inside the Karoun prison of Ahvaz early this morning July 21. said the (...)
One person was hanged in public and three were hanged in prison on SUnday July 18 in Iran
19 July 2010
According to the same news agency, three other men identified as "Abbs Y.", "Rohollah B." and "Mohammad Naeem Sh." were hanged in the prison of Kerman (southeast of Iran) yesterday Sunday July 18. All the men were convicted of drug trafficking according (...)
One person hanged in northeastern and five others hanged in northwestern Iran
19 July 2010
The eprson who was not identified by the name, was convicted of keeping 989 grams of crystall (drug), according to the report.
According to the Kurdish news agency "Mokarian" five men were hanged in the prison of Orumieh, northwest of Iran, Thursday July 16. The men were identified as Feisal Saedi, Karam Azizi, Omid Nourani, ABdolrahman RAndi (...)