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Executions / Life

Abdolreza Ghanbari on the Verge of Execution

March 14, 2012

Imprisoned teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari’s pardon request has been denied by the Pardon Commission of Tehran Province Judiciary, a source close to his family told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. With the rejection of his pardon request, once the head of the Judiciary issues his approval, Ghanbari may be executed at any moment. ...

Special Rapporteur Receives Widespread Support in Human Rights Council

March 12, 2012

Iranian Delegate Responds Angrily Without Addressing Report's Content Head of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani delivers his opening statements at today's Human Rights Council (Reporting ...

Half Measures: Juvenile Execution Under Iran’s New Penal Code

February 27, 2012

Iran’s new penal code was finally approved by the Guardian Council, a body of clerics and lawyers in charge of approving legislation, in February 2012. Once the new penal code is signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and published in the official gazette, it will officially replace the current penal code. The Iranian government purports that ...

Judiciary Upholds Death Sentence for Young Kurds

February 8, 2012

An Iranian court has upheld the death sentence for Zanyar Moradi, who was previously convicted of murdering the son of the Marivan Friday Imam. His father, Eghbal Moradi, called the sentence illegal in an ...

Revoke Execution Sentence of Web Programmer

February 1, 2012

(1 February 2012) Iran should immediately suspend the death sentence for web programmer and Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour and investigate allegations of his torture, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...

Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison

Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison

January 5, 2012

Since January 2010, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at Vakilabad Prison in the northeast city of Mashhad. These executions were largely in violation of international human rights law and domestic procedures. Judicial authorities have continuously evaded questions about these executions and the ...

Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary’s False Narrative

Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary’s False Narrative

January 2, 2012

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published the first public list of 101 victims of secret group executions in Vakilabad Prison today. The Campaign called on the Iranian Parliament and judiciary to immediately institute a moratorium on executions and to move swiftly to abolish the death penalty. Podcast_41 ...

Apostasy Verdict Delayed So Pastor Can Repent

December 20, 2011

The Iranian Judiciary reportedly ordered the Rasht court last week to postpone a verdict in the apostasy trial of Christian Pastor and convert Youcef Nadarkhani. The Judiciary’s order came after Nadarkhani’s case provoked international outcry. Human rights groups and several foreign governments have criticized Iranian authorities for their blatant violation of religious freedom and potential abuse ...

Two Inmates Hanged in Public in Kermanshah; Six Others Hanged in Central Prison

December 7, 2011

On 28 November, the Public Relations Unit of Kermanshah General and Revolutionary Courts issued a statement about the execution of two inmates convicted of rape and kidnapping. According to local sources, the two convicts were hanged at 10 in the morning on Sunday 29 November in Kermanshah's Azadi Square with onlookers stated to be "in ...

Video: End the Executions

Video: End the Executions

April 26, 2010

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