HRANA News Agency – The Statistics and Publications Unit of Human Rights Activists in Iran has reported that from October 2010 to October 2011, 480 individuals charged with various crimes have been hanged in Iran.During the same period of time, there have been 641 prisoners sentenced to death and 46 individuals hanged in public.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the majority of prisoners who received the death penalty were charged with drug related crimes.It is also noteworthy that Iranian Judiciary Branch neither officially announces the majority of death sentences when they are issued nor the time when they are carried out.
Since the beginning of 2011, 478 individuals have been sentenced to die, and the death penalties for 422 of these prisoners have been carried out.If there are no more hangings in the remaining days of 2011, the number of hanging in the current year will be 22% less than last year.
Analyzing the data further, the Statistics and Publications Unit has reported that since the beginning of the current Persian year (March 2011), 442 individuals have been sentenced to die, and 253 prisoners have been hanged.Amongst those executed, 39 individuals were hanged in public.In comparison to the same period of time last year, executions have increased 45%.
During the last twelve months, the relative frequency of death sentences carried out is mostly related to narcotics, murder, rape and theft in the order listed.Amongst those executed, there were 12 women.Furthermore, the majority of drug related death penalties have been issued in eastern provinces of Iran where narcotics are smuggled into the country from Afghanistan.
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HRANA News Agency – one afghan citizen convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Semnan, Iran.
Iranian government doesn’t permit the defenders of human rights to be active in Iran and particularly prevents them from reporting human rights violations throughout the country. The flow of information is restricted, and the government doesn’t recognize the civil society as an independent social sphere. As a result, the task of gathering information and reporting has become complex and treacherous in Iran.
HRANA News Agency – Two men convicted of Murdering and drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran and Zanjan, Iran
HRANA – Judicial Authorities of Iran including Magistrate and Appeals Courts have issued 25,975 months imprisonment (suspended & mandatory imprisonment) of which unions have been sentenced to 218, ethnic/national minorities to 1,941, religious minorities to 6,329 months, “Thought and Expression” to 13,101 months, students to 3,563 months, women to118 months, children to150 months, “cultural” to 144 months and Labours to 411 months.