Young Man Facing Death for Insulting Islam Online Tricked into Signing Confession
Sina Dehghan, sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet” of Islam when he was 19-years-old, was tricked ...
Tag : execution
March 17, 2017
Amendment Could Save Thousands of Drug Traffickers on Death Row in Iran
If passed by Parliament and the Council of Guardians, an amendment to Iran’s death penalty law could save thousands of drug traffickers currently facing execution. ...
March 8, 2017
Iran: Repression of those seeking truth and justice for 1980s killings needs to stop
In a joint statement 20 human rights organizations urged the Iranian authorities to stop their attempts to silence human rights defenders and others seeking to shed light on past atrocities. ...
February 13, 2017
Iran’s Judiciary Commutes Death Sentences of Some Juvenile Offenders
The Iranian judiciary has agreed to commute the death sentences of six people who were sentenced to death while they were juveniles while ...
November 29, 2016
Momentum Growing to End Iran’s Death Sentences for Drug Offenses
Fast-Tracked Amendment Pending in Parliament, Must Still be Approved by Guardian Council On November 23, 2016, Iran’s Parliament agreed to speed up deliberation on an amendment which, if passed, ...
November 17, 2016
Iran Draws “Red Lines” Before Talks With EU on Human Rights
Ahead of high-level talks between Iran and the European Union on human rights, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has declared certain topics, including the death penalty, ...
October 14, 2016
Actions Speak Louder Than Words in Iran’s Death Penalty Debate, Says Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi
Despite statements from some Iranian officials doubting the value of capital punishment, no action has been taken to end or reduce the high number of executions ...
October 4, 2016
More Than 150 Members of Iran’s Parliament Call for Ending Execution of Petty Drug Traffickers
The majority of Iran’s MPs have signed a proposal to amend a current law that would make it harder to condemn ...
September 8, 2016
Head of Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Defends Wave of Executions
In less than a month, between August 2 and August 27, 2016, at least 37 prisoners were executed in Iran. Shortly afterwards, the head of ...
August 29, 2016
Recording on 1988 Prison Massacre Exposes Early Fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The recently released audio recording of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri sharply denouncing the mass execution of political prisoners ...
August 16, 2016
Rights groups condemn recent execution of Kurdish prisoners and call for an immediate moratorium on all executions in Iran
Geneva - Iranian authorities must immediately put a halt to the execution of Kurdish political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, 22 human rights organizations stated. These organizations ...
August 9, 2016
Mother of Executed Iranian Scientist Describes Last Visit With Son Day Before His Death
Marzieh Amiri: “I had kept silent only for the sake of my son.” The mother of Shahram Amiri, the Iranian nuclear scientist ...
August 8, 2016
Cartoon 152: Executions in Iran
Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on the recent surge in prison executions in Iran....
August 5, 2016
Names of Mass Execution Victims in Iran Still Not Released
Only 10 of the 20 Sunni Prisoners Killed Are Identified by Authorities Iran is withholding the names of ten of the twenty Sunni ...
April 13, 2016
Iranian VP Summoned to Judiciary for Commenting on High Execution Rate of Drug Traffickers
Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, Iran’s vice president for Women and Family Affairs, has been summoned to the Judiciary to explain a comment she ...
March 24, 2016
“Blood Money” Frees Imprisoned Ranger Who Killed Poacher In Self-Defense
Gholam-Hossein Khaledi, an Iranian park ranger sentenced to death for killing a poacher in 2010, was released on March 18, 2016 after paying 12 billion ...
December 24, 2015
Death Sentence Against Spiritual Center Founder Rejected
Family Hopes for Taheri’s Release at End of Prison Term in 2016 With the lifting of the death sentence against spiritual leader ...
December 10, 2015
Ground Shifts as 70 MPs in Iran Introduce Bill to End Executions for Drug Crimes
More than 70 Members of the Iranian Parliament have presented a bill that, if ratified by the full legislature and approved by the Council of Guardians (the ...
November 10, 2015
Sunni Kurd Faces Imminent Execution for His Activism
Shahram Ahmadi Shahram Ahmadi has been sentenced to death in Iran due to his activism as a ...
September 8, 2015
Kurdish Prisoner Executed despite Pending Supreme Court Appeal
Behrouz Alkhani Brother Says Confession was Elicited under Torture The Iranian Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani was executed in Orumiyeh ...
July 21, 2015
Cartoon 119: Now Cut The Rope!
After the July 14, 2015 agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities, it is now time for human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to become a priority ...
September 28, 2014
Cartoon 94: Man Hanged for Innovation in Islamic Principles and Insulting Jonah
Mohsen Amiraslani, 37, was hanged at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 on charges of "corruption on earth, innovation in primary and secondary principles of Islam, and new ...
June 20, 2014
Halt Execution of 33 Sunnis, Request Rights Groups
Eighteen rights groups issued a joint statement to demand a halt on execution of 33 Sunni death row inmates, noting unfair trials. ...
June 9, 2014
Cartoon 86: The Execution
Fars News Agency wrote on Sunday, June 1, 2014 that Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, a political prisoner charged with moharebeh (enmity ...
May 13, 2014
Eleven Hanged in Five Days on Drug Related Charges
Nine prisoners found guilty of drug trafficking charges were hanged in the Karoun Prison courtyard in Ahvaz on May 12, 2014, after their sentences were confirmed by the Revolutionary Court, the Prosecutor General, and the Head of the Judiciary, the Khuzestan Province prosecutor’s office has ...