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Monthly report for September and October 2008: At least 13 executions among them one minor

10 Nov 08

Iran Human Rights, November 9: According to the reports published by Iran Human Rights at least 13 people were executed in the months of September (1) and October (12) 2008. There was one minor offender among those executed in October.

The numbers reported here are solely based on the official reports by the Iranian media. However there is at least one unofficial report about a public hanging in the Caspian province of Gilan in October.

Suspicious death of a political prisoner on October 29 raised concerns about safety of the political prisoners in Iran

Number of executions were lower than normal probably due to the muslim month of Ramedan were no executions are normally reported.

Executions:

13 people were executed in the following cities: Isfahan (2), Mashad (1), Zahedan (6), Doroud in Lorestan province (1), Hamedan (2) and Arak (1) One unofficail report about public hanging in the Caspian province of Gilan is not included in this report.

Minors:

One minor offender was hanged on October 29. Gholamreza H. (19) was hanged in Isfahan convicted of a murder he allegedly committed when he was 17 years old. He was an Afghan citizen.

Suspicious death of a political prisoner:

The news of the suspicious and unexpected death of the political prisoner Abdolreza Rajabi in Gohardasht prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) has raised new concern about situation of the political prisoners in Iran. We have received reports regarding increased pressure on the political prisoners in different Iranian prisons

Flogging:

According to the official media 50 people were flogged in the prison of Tabriz (north-western Iran) charged for eating or drinking in public in the month of Ramedan.

Three boys were flogged 90 times in Tehran on September 3. At least one of them was a minor (17 years old) convicted of an offence allegedly committed when he was 15 years old.

Nine men were flogged 74 lashes each, in public in the city of Qom on October 18.