Category: Executions

A Juvenile Offender Saved from the Gallows in Sanandaj

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Children, Executions
Heiman Araminejad

HRANA News Agency – Heiman Araminejad, juvenile offender who was held in Sanandaj prison, with forgiveness and consent of the next of kin at the gallows was saved from death. The people of Sanandaj put flowers on the victim’s grave in Behesht Mohammad cemetery in this city.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Heiman Araminejad, who had been accused of murder at the age of 17, escaped the corded, with the consent of the victim’s father and was forgiven on the eve of execution on January 1, 2017.  Continue reading “A Juvenile Offender Saved from the Gallows in Sanandaj”

At Least 4 Drug Offenders Executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj

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Executions
Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj, Majid Askari, Rahman Nourian

HRANA News Agency – At least four drug offenders were executed in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj. There is no information about the fate of two other prisoners who had been transferred for the execution.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), four drug offenders were executed in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj on January 25. Continue reading “At Least 4 Drug Offenders Executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj”

The List of Death Row Prisoners Charged with Muharebeh

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Executions
Abdulrahman Sangani, Ahmad Danesh Pour Moghadam, Anvar Khezri, Ayoub Karimi, Barzan Nasrullahzadeh, Davood Abdullahi, Diako Rasoulzadeh, Farhad Salimi, Farshid Naseri, Habibullah Latifi, Hosein Osmani, Houshang Rezaei, Kamran Sheikheh, Kaveh Rasimi, Khosro Besharat, Loghman Moradi, Mohsen Danesh Pour Moghadam, Mostafa Salimi, Reza Obeidzadeh Rafipour, Saber Sheikh Abdullah, Saman Nasim, Seyed Ghasem Abesteh, Seyed Jamal Seyed Mosavi, Zanyar Moradi

HRANA News Agency – The prisoners who have been convicted on charges of Muharebeh under the old law, have the possibility of a retrial, commutation of their sentences or being released, with regard to the changes on these kinds of charges in the IPC. At the moment, dozens of prisoners, including at least twenty-four male prisoners in Iran prisons have been sentenced to death on charge Muharebeh. The current below is the sixth list of the series of “Prisoners accused of Muharebeh” about these 24 imprisoned men.

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), there are at least twenty four male death row prisoners who have been charged with Muharebeh, in different ways, are being held in Iran prisons. These prisoners can apply for a judicial review, due to the changes in the Islamic Penal Code in 2013. Continue reading “The List of Death Row Prisoners Charged with Muharebeh”

At Least 16 Prisoners Executed in 2 Prisons

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Abozar Alijani, Ali Ebadi, Ali Mohammad Lorestani, Ali Reza Moradi, Ali Yousefi, Central Prison of Karaj, Ibrahim Jafari, Majid Badrloo, Mohammad Kouhi, Mohammad Soleimani, Mohsen Jalokhani, Omid Garshasbi, Rajai Shahr Prison, Reza Naghizadeh, Saeid Teimouri, Seyed Ali Sarvari, Siamak Shafiei

HRANA News Agency – At least 16 prisoners, on charges of drug related crimes, armed robbery, and murder, were hanged in two prisons.

Human Rights organisations, earlier, had urged Iranian government to stop the execution of prisoners of drug related offences.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), at least 16 prisoners were hanged in Rajai Shahr and Karaj prisons on Saturday, January 14, 2017. Continue reading “At Least 16 Prisoners Executed in 2 Prisons”

At Least 3 Prisoners Executed in Qazvin Central Prison

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Akbar Kabiri, Qazvin Central Prison

HRANA News Agency – At least 3 prisoners were executed in Qazvin Central Prison. The judiciary and the Prisons Department have been silent about these executions as usual.

According to the report of Human Rights Actvists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), at least 3 prisoners in Qazvin Central Prison were executed by hanging, on Thursday, August 13, 2016. Continue reading “At Least 3 Prisoners Executed in Qazvin Central Prison”

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At Least 1 Prisoner Executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison

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Central Prison of Urmia, Mohammad Rasoul Hashtiani, Nasser Soltani, Zahra Mohammadpour

HRANA News Agency – On January 10, 2017, three prisoners were transferred to solitary confinements in Orumiyeh Central Prison. On January 11, one of the prisoners was executed, two other prisoners received deadlines and returned to the ward.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on January 11, Nasser Soltani from Miandoab was executed on charge of murder Orumiyeh Central Prison. Continue reading “At Least 1 Prisoner Executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison”

4 Prisoners Executed in Mashhad

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Ahmad Shekarabi, Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad

HRANA News Agency – On January 17, 2017, four prisoners with drug-related charges were executed in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad. A close person to at least one of these prisoners insisted on the “innocence” of one executed prisoner.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on January 17, 2017, four prisoners with drug-related charges were executed in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad. Continue reading “4 Prisoners Executed in Mashhad”

2 Prisoners Including a Juvenile Offender Executed in Kerman

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Children, Executions
Arman Bahr Asemani, prison of Kerman

HRANA News Agency – Two young prisoner, one of whom was 16 at the time of arrest after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain the consent of the next of kin by lawyers and civil society activists were hanged in the prison of Kerman.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on January 16, 2017, two prisoners with the identities of Arman Bahr Asemani, born on February 10, 1997, who had killed his cousin in Jiroft in 2012 when he was 16 along with the other prisoner, “Shamsollah, R”, 23, from Sirjan after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain the consent of the next of kin by the lawyers and civil society activists were hanged in the prison of Kerman. Continue reading “2 Prisoners Including a Juvenile Offender Executed in Kerman”

At Least 3 Prisoners Executed in Ghezelhesar Prison

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Executions
Anoush Balouch, Ghezalhesar prison, Harif Gholami, Khashyar Behroozi, Mehdi Kawosi

HRANA News Agency – Three prisoners, who had been charged with drug related crimes, were executed in Ghezalhesar prison, in Karaj. Five other prisoners also had been executed in Karaj and Qazvin, the day before.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the death penalty of three drug offenders were executed in Ghezalhesar prison in Karaj on January 4, 2017. Continue reading “At Least 3 Prisoners Executed in Ghezelhesar Prison”

Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz: One Prisoner Prepared to Be Executed

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Mehdi Dahimi, Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz

HRANA News Agency – A prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement in Sepidar prison, in Ahwaz, in order to be executed.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mehdi Dahimi, son of Sadegh, born in 1983, single, from Shooshtar, who has been charged with murder, was transferred to solitary confinement in Sepisar prison to be executed. Continue reading “Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz: One Prisoner Prepared to Be Executed”