Category: Executions

The Supreme court confirmed a death verdict

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Tajrish

HRANA News Agency – Death verdict of a peddler who accused to murder another peddler during a quarrel for the place of business, has been confirmed by supreme court.

According to a report of Mehr news, on March 8th of 2010, police station No. 101 informed about the quarrel of two peddlers in Tajrish square. When the polices arrived to the reported place, they found out that the peddlers fought each other for the place of their business and in the quarrel Morteza hit Safar’s chest by a screwdriver.

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A Prisoner Hanged in Shahroud, Iran

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Amir Reza Haji

HRANA News Agency – Local judiciary authorities announced that a prisoner convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Shahroud.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Mehr News, Amir Reza Haji said: prisoner “Ch. B. Gh.” From Sabzevar, born in 1961, convicted of drug trafficking (1.94 Kg of industrial drug, Crack) was hanged on Thursday, January 24, 2013.”

 

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Four prisoners hanged across Iran, one of them publicly

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Behzad Jafari, Khorram Darreh, Reza Shahmoradi

HRANA News Agency– Three prisoners convicted of drug trafficking, have been hanged on Tuesday Morning in Choubin prison.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Qazvin court reported tht F. KH. on charge of smuggling 500 grams Shishe and 995 grams Marijuana got arrested by police and after the judicial process sentenced to death.

Also The other two names released in the report as A. N. and A. H.

Another prisoner, Reza Shahmoradi, hanged in Khorram Darreh on charge of killing a police on Wednesday morning in public.

He is sentenced to death in accusation of sergeant Behzad Jafaris’ murder during his work hour.

According to the statics department of human rights activists in Iran during 2012 the enforcement of executions 9% increased

 

Seven Prisoners Hanged Across Iran/ Three of Them Publicly

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Ali Kamali, Alireza Mafiha, Davoud Ghanbar Zehi, Hamed Peyvaste, Mahmoud Shahraki, Mohammad Ali Sorouri

HRANA News Agency– Seven prisoners with different charges were hanged by Iranian regime in different cities.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),Two prisoners convicted of Enmity against God: Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sorouri were hanged publicly in Tehran.

A prisoner, Hamed Peyvaste, was hanged publicly on charge of murdering in Urmia.

 

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Eight prisoners sentenced to death in Kerman

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Kerman

HRANA News Agency– Judicial department in Kerman sentenced eight people to death in accusation of smuggling industrial drugs.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Khorasan, head of 2nd branch of Kerman revolutionary court said “This group which their main work was distribution of psychotropic drugs such as Shisheh, they brought the drugs from Tehran and were doing chain distribution in Kerman.”

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Man Executed in Public in Ahvaz

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HRANA – At 12:00 noon on Sunday, May 23, 2010, a man was executed in public in the city of Ahvaz.

Based on information received by HRANA, the Islamic Republic’s judiciary announced the man’s crime as “smuggling narcotics.” He had been sentenced to execution by the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz.

This is the second person hanged in public in the city of Ahvaz for allegedly “smuggling narcotics,” over the past few days. The government seems to have little concern for that fact that carrying out executions in public is one of the most effective ways for normalizing and perpetuating violence.

 

 

 

Iran: six prisoners hanged in one day

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Rajaie Shahr

HRANA News Agency – six prisoners hanged in different cities of Iran on Wednesday.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), following the verdict by Shahroud revolutionary court, Wednesday morning two prisoners have been hanged on charge of smuggling drugs.

The prisoners names were M.SH the son of Habibollah from Minoudasht and M.F the son of Gholam and the verdict took place in the yard of central prison of Semnan.

At the same day, Wednesday 16th of January, two more prisoners have been hanged on charge of rape; One of the prisoners has been hanged in the central prison of Mashhad and the other took place in the Sabzevar stadium.

According to the photos of the Sabzevar stadium, people watched the scene from the seats of the stadium in a unparalleled action which is going to be a norm in Iran and there is no objection from the international federation of football until now about it.

Also, The same day, two men who were accused of murder in different  cases, have been hanged in Rajaie Shahr prison.

First prisoner was a young guy who was accused to death on charge of murder an old woman by knife hits during a housebreaking on October 2008.

The second one was accused to death on charge of murder of an iron businessman on October 2007. After he arrested he confessed that “I had financial disputes with the slain and then I arranged an appointment with him, in one moment I lost my control and I killed him by knife hit.”

Translated by: Ramyar Hassani

Three prisoners will be hanged publicly today

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Rajaie Shahr, Varamin

HRANA News Agency – Thursday morning, January 17th, three prisoners will be hanged in Pakdasht in public.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), it supposed to hanging 3 prisoners in Pakdasht in public on Thursday morning, January 17th.

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A New Year Message from Dayeh Saltaneh, Farzad Kamangar’s Mother

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Dayeh Saltaneh, Farzad Kamangar

HRANA News Agency – Dayeh Saltaneh, Farzad Kamangar’s mother, has released a message on the occasion of Nowruz [the Persian New Year]. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has translated this message from Kurdish to Farsi and released it. The exact message reads as follows:

Last Nowruz, when I went to Evin Prison anticipating my son’s release, he was saying to me with high hopes, “Mother, Nowruz will certainly be the day of freedom, and we will celebrate it together.” Alas, they took my child from me.

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Abdolhamid Rigi Was Executed

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HRANA – The Judiciary of the State of Sistan and Baluchestan announced the execution of Abdolhamid Rigi this morning.

Ebrahim Hamidi, the head of the State’s judiciary, said: “According to the sentence issued by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Zahedan, Abdolhamid Rigi, brother of Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Jandollah, was hanged in Zahedan.”

Ebrahim Hamidi added: “Abdolhamid Rigi had been sentenced to execution on charges of “moharebeh” (waging war against God) and “corruption on earth” through membership, support and effective participation in the armed branch of Jandollah.”

According to Fars, the sentence issued for Abdolhamid Rigi was carried out this morning, Monday, May 24, 2010, in Zahedan prison after being affirmed by the highest judicial authorities.

Abdolhamid Rigi was the second highest ranking officer in the group Jandollah and was active in the organization’s armed unit. He was arrested by security forces in Pakistan in June 2008.

The leader of Jandollah, Abdolmalek Rigi is also in prison and awaiting trial.