Category: Executions

Gholamreza khosravi’s case will be considered again if he writes pardon request

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Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani

HRANA News Agency – Authorities of Pardon and Forgivness Commission have told the family of Iranian political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani that his case will be considered again if he writes pardon request.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), when the family of Gholamreza khosravi Savadjani went to the Pardon and Forgivness Commission to know the result of their request for pardon, the authorities told them his case will be considered again if he writes pardon request.

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Probable Death Sentence for Dutch-Iranian Citizen

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Salavati, Zahra Bahrami

HRANA- The chief judge of the 15th Circuit of the Revolutionary Court, Judge Salavati, is expected to sentence a Dutch-Iranian citizen to death.  He has handed down numerous death sentences for those arrested during the events surrounding the 2009 elections.
According to the Human Rights and Democracy Activists weblog, forty five year old Zahra Bahrami an Iranian born Dutch citizen was arrested during the Ashura protests of December 27, 2009.
Zahra Bahrami spent eight months in solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin Prison and was denied access to a lawyer.  She objected to not having access to a lawyer while in court on Monday August 16, 2010.

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From October to October: 488 executions in Iran, 333 on the row

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HRANA News Agency – According to a report by the HRA’s Institute of Statistics and Publications, from 10th October 2011 until today, 488 people were executed in Iran. Meanwhile, 333 were sentenced to death and waiting for their executions.

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At least 12 men were executed in Iran, including two public executions

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Eghbal Jowzani, Hadi Nour, Hassan Mohamadi, Mahmoud Zerehpoush, Nezam Eslami

HRANA News Agency – In different prisons in the cities Zahedan, Shiraz and Kermanshah, at least 12 men were executed. Two of them were publicly executed in Shiraz.

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Follow-up Report: Yosef Nadarkhani’s Death Penalty for Apostasy

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Yosef Nadarkhani

HRANA News Agency – According to the latest unconfirmed reports, Iranian Supreme Court has found deficiencies and flaws in the case related to Yosef Nadarkhani’s death penalty on charges of apostasy.Family members close to Yosef Nadarkhani have reported that Iranian Supreme Court’s opinion includes three options:

 

1. The case may be returned to the lower court for re-examination.
2. Previous charges may be withdrawn while new charges are filed.
3. The case may be closed, and charges dropped.


Since the ruling by Iranian Supreme Court hasn’t officially been delivered to Yosef Nadarkhani’s attorneys, they were unable to confirm the details reported by his family.Verbal information given to the defendant and family members indicates that citing article 167 of Iranian Constitution, Gilan Province Court, Branch 11, intends to question the defendant again in order to determine whether he believes in Islam or not.If he is a Muslim, Yosef Nadarkhani must be released.If it is determined that he is a Christian, he may repent from his faith.Otherwise, if he insists on his beliefs, the death penalty must be carried out, and Yosef Nadarkhani will be executed.

Article 167 of Iranian Constitution states, “Judges have the duty to find the basis of their rulings in the legal code.If such a basis doesn’t exist, they must cite reliable Islamic sources or a valid fatwa from which they have drawn a judgment in order to issue a verdict.Judges may not refuse to hear cases or issue rulings only because the case before them isn’t covered in the legal code, or there may be shortcomings or conflicts in the law.”

Family members close to Yosef Nadarkhani have reported that since the case hasn’t been referred back to the lower court in order to carry out the sentence, it is possible that Yosef Nadarkhani will be retried, and new investigations are conducted.

HRANA will strive to report further accurate details given the sensitivity surrounding this case.More reports will be released when additional details become available.

The content of first report released by HRANA is as follows:

On June 28, 2011, Iranian Supreme Court confirmed Yosef Nadarkhani’s death penalty and refused his objection to the sentence issued by the lower court.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Yosef Nadarkhani has been charged with apostasy at the age of nineteen and converting to Christianity.Iranian judicial authorities also state that Yosef Nadarkhani has preached Christianity for years.

Accordingly, Gilan Province Court, Branch 11, has sentenced Yosef Nadarkhani to death penalty on charges of apostasy and preaching Christianity.

Yosef Nadarkhani has been locked up in Rasht Prison since October 12, 2009.If the death penalty is carried out, it will be the first official hanging for apostasy and conversation to Christianity in the last twenty years.

On December 3, 1990, Pastor Hussein Sodmand was hanged in Mashhad Prison for refusing to give up his Christian faith.Pastor Sodmand is the only priest who has been officially executed by the Islamic Judiciary Branch for apostasy and conversation to Christianity.

 

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Four Ahwazi activists sentenced to death

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Abdul Amir Mojadami, Abdulreza Amir Khanafereh, Ghazi Abbasi, Hadi Albo Khanfar Nejad, Jasem Moghaddam, Sami Jadmawy Nejad, Shahab Abbasi

HRANA News Agency –  There has been reported, four Ahwazi Arab activists sentenced to death in Shadedan, near Ahwaz by secretive revolutionary court, three given prison in exile sentences.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Quoted from BBC, Ghazi Abbasi, Abdulreza Amir Khanafereh, Abdul Amir Mojadami, Shahab  Abbasi, with the charges of enmity with God and corruption on the Earth were sentenced to death by Ahwaz revolutionary court. All of them are under 30 years old.

Jasem Moghaddam, Sami Jadmawy Nejad, Hadi Albo Khanfar Nejad, have been sentenced to three months imprisonment in exile, in the Ardebil prison. They are from 24 to 32 years old.

Pardon request for death sentence of Gholamreza Khosravi was rejected

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Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani

HRANA News Agency – Pardon request for death sentence of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani from his family was rejected by Intelligence Ministry.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after his family requested pardon for the death sentence of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, his case was referred to the Pardon and Forgiveness Committee, but Intelligence Ministry announced he is not illegible for the pardon and he will be executed.

Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani was arrested in 2008 in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province, in connection with his alleged support of the pro-PMOI TV station Sima-ye Azadi (Voice of Freedom). In 2008 he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, three years of which were suspended. Following an appeal by the Ministry of Intelligence, the three-year suspended sentence was implemented, bringing his total sentence to 6 years actual imprisonment. Following further legal proceedings, including two retrials, he was sentenced to death after conviction of a fresh charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) for his alleged ties to the PMOI, which the Supreme Court confirmed on 21 April 2012.

 

 

At least 14 men were executed in Iran, 18 in the row of execution within next days

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Ali hedayat, Asghar Sarlak, Hussin Moradi, Jafar Haghi, Jahanshad Geravand, Manouchehr Zangane, Mehrdad Salimi, Reza Ruzbahani

HRANA News Agency –  At least 14 men were executed in Evin and Ghezelhesar prisons  within two days. And, 18 prisoners are waiting for execution in the coming days.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Wednesday, at least eight prisoners (Mehrdad Salimi, Hussin Moradi, Reza Ruzbahani, Jahanshad Geravand, Jafar Haghi, Ali hedayat, Manouchehr Zangane, Asghar Sarlak) from Ghezelhesar prison scheduled to be executed in Evin prison, but were executed in Ghezelhesar prison because the reporters were waiting at the Evin prison’s gate. There is no information about their charges.

The next day, at least six prisoners with charge of drug trafficking were transferred from Ghezelhesar prison and were executed in Evin prison.

There has been also reported, 18 prisoners are waiting for execution in the coming days. Within these days, the number of executions is rising up in Iran and domestic media do not cover them.

July 9th Remembrance Ceremony in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery

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HRANA- More than 2,000 people gathered in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in groups today to remember their lost loved ones.

Today is the one year anniversary of the July 9th government crackdown in which several people lost their lives.

According to Radio France, a large number of people gathered in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery yesterday July 8, 2010 to remember those who died during last year’s post election unrest; especially those arrested on July 9th and lost their lives in Kahrizak Prison.

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UK Foreign Secretary condemns Iran death sentences

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Hadi Rashidi, Hashem Sha'bani Amouri, Mohammad Ali Amouri, Safieh Ghafouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka

William Hague said the Iranian government had shown an 'utter disregard for human rights' in several recent cases

HRANA News Agency –Iran’s “shameful” human rights record has been condemned by Foreign Secretary William Hague.

His comments follow the death sentences passed on five members of the Ahwazi Arab community last month, weeks after the secret execution of four others from the minority for “enmity against God”.

According to a report by Telegraph, Mr Hague warned Iran’s actions would not go unchallenged by the international community and said the abuses added to the regime’s isolation.

Mr Hague said Tehran had shown an “utter disregard for human rights” in a number of cases, including the death penalty carried out against Safieh Ghafouri, a woman convicted of murder, who was reportedly subjected to abuse and mistreatment including rape while in custody.

The Foreign Secretary said: “I am deeply disturbed by the human rights abuses perpetrated by Iran in recent months.

“The torture and sentencing to death of Mohammad Ali Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka,Hashem Sha’bani Amouri and Hadi Rashidi, from the Ahwazi Arab minority, comes less than a month after the secret execution in June of four other members of this minority group. This sets a very worrying trend.

“The shocking mistreatment in prison of Safieh Ghafouri and her sudden execution is yet a further example of Iran’s utter disregard for the most fundamental human rights.

“Sadly, these are not isolated incidents and many other Iranians are currently suffering at the hands of their government. Iran’s continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran’s leaders.

“The Iranian government should know that its systematic attempt to curtail the freedom of its citizens will not go unchallenged by the international community and only adds to its isolation.

“I call on Iran immediately to commute these death sentences, to stop torturing its citizens and to end the systematic persecution of its ethnic minorities.”