Executions / Life
Judiciary Representative Takes Statement of Kurdish Death Row Prisoners
After months of receiving no response to their letters, Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish prisoners on death row, were finally visited by a Judiciary representative on Tuesday, 24 April. A Mr. Khodabakhshi, who identified himself as a representative of the Head of the Iranian Judiciary, met with Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi (no relation) ...
Callous Border Security Guns Down 70 Couriers in Iran
The Iranian government should immediately investigate the numerous cases of border security forces killing couriers in the northwestern provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah, and hold accountable those responsible for such callous use of unlawful force, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The government should also review its border security ...
After 19 Months in Solitary, Death Row Inmate Finally Indicted
Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alakhani, currently being held in Orumiyeh Detention Center, is spending his nineteenth month in solitary confinemen. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Alakhani has been sentenced to death for “cooperating with PJAK” and “participating in the murder of the Khoy Prosecutor.” The source also ...
Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner Looms
A source close to Habibollah Golparipour, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his family is concerned about his imminent execution. “Yesterday, 15 March [2012], the prison guards called him to take a phone call, but when he went to the guards, Intelligence Office forces ...
Abdolreza Ghanbari on the Verge of Execution
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
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
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
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 interview ...
Revoke Execution Sentence of Web Programmer
(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
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
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
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
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 ...
