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Tag : Executions in Iran

December 1, 2023

Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran

One Child, and at Least Six Political Prisoners Hanged This Week December 1, 2023 – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran are part of a state campaign deployed to crush dissent, and should be met with ...

August 2, 2023

Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent 

Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions over the last 10 months. The Islamic Republic ...

July 5, 2023

Fact-Finding Mission Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Protesters, Release Political Prisoners

 The independent, international Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on the Islamic Republic of Iran today provided its first ...

May 30, 2023

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian human rights lawyers have penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him to promote global compliance with ...

May 24, 2023

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May 24, 2023 — In a letter delivered to 75 governments around the world today, ...

May 20, 2023

UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions

UN Photo Press briefing by Mr. Javaid Rehman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, one of the independent experts condemning Iran's execution of three men on 19 May, ...

March 13, 2023

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran Since 2019 March 13, 2022 – An Iranian-born Swedish citizen and dissident, Habib Farajollah Chaab, ...

February 21, 2023

Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government

Jamshid Sharmahd Was Abducted by Islamic Republic Agents, Tortured and Denied Due Process February 21, 2023 – The death sentence against Iranian-born German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd is a blatant act of public intimidation by ...

February 8, 2023

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons and sentence reductions for tens of thousands of people charged or prosecuted for taking part ...

January 7, 2023

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men who were arrested in connection with street protests, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, and Seyed ...

January 4, 2023

Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)

Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution of athletes for peacefully supporting anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September 2022 should be publicly ...

December 15, 2022

Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests

At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death Penalty December 15, 2022 – At least 11 men have been sentenced to death in the Islamic Republic, and 24 others ...

August 26, 2021

Analysis: Falsehoods and Contradictions in the Rulings against the Afkari Brothers

Lawyer: The Ruling against Vahid Afkari had “24 Contradictions and 3 Lies” Despite Inconsistencies and Torture, Supreme Court Refuses to Review 25-year Prison Sentence Nearly a year after the unlawful execution of wrestling champion Navid Afkari, a request ...

July 3, 2020

UN Condemns Iran’s Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner

“I will pay the price of freedom with my life so that my memory stays in the hearts of freedom seekers and my people.” UN human rights experts have strongly ...

March 7, 2019

Iran Appoints Human Rights Violator Ebrahim Raisi to Chief Justice

The appointment of Ebrahim Raisi, who participated in “death commissions” that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of prisoners in Iran in 1988, as Iran’s next head of the judiciary, represents a complete repudiation of the rule of law and a reward for those involved ...

March 1, 2019

Lawyer of Juvenile Offender on Death Row Says Client Mohammad Kalhori Should be Pardoned

Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution in Iran for a crime he allegedly committed at the age of 15, his attorney ...

February 27, 2019

New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders

Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur ...

October 9, 2018

Three People Sentenced to Death in Iran as 32 Others Issued Harsh Sentences For Alleged Currency Hoarding

Unnamed “special courts for economic crimes” in Iran have sentenced three people to death and condemned 32 others to long prison sentences for allegedly manipulating Iran’s gold and currency markets, Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni ...

September 5, 2018

Execution of Kurdish Death-Row Prisoner More Likely, Prison Officer Says

Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns   The execution of a Kurdish death-row prisoner has become more likely, despite credible questions regarding violations of due process ...

August 16, 2018

Kurdish Death Row Prisoner Transferred to Different Prison, Raising Fears He Could be Executed

A Kurdish man who has been sentenced to death in Iran despite serious concerns about how his case was handled has been transferred hundreds of miles to a prison near Tehran for unknown reasons, ...

May 2, 2018

Execution Imminent of Prisoner in Iran Despite Unfair Trial and Credible Allegations of Torture

Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. Lawyer: “Ramin’s case is being processed against ethical standards and existing laws. We have to try ...

Latest News

  • Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
    Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
    December 6, 2023
  • Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran
    Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran
    December 1, 2023
  • Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
    Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
    November 30, 2023
  • Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions
    Peaceful Protesters' Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions
    November 17, 2023
  • Jailed in Iran, Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Resists Summons to Face More Charges
    Jailed in Iran, Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Resists Summons to Face More Charges
    November 13, 2023
  • Prominent Lawyer and Activists Beaten, Detained at Funeral of Teenager Armita Geravand
    Prominent Lawyer and Activists Beaten, Detained at Funeral of Teenager Armita Geravand
    October 30, 2023
  • UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”
    UN Expert: Iran is "Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards"
    October 24, 2023
  • Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
    Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
    October 23, 2023
  • Blind Human Rights Lawyer Disappears in Iran
    Blind Human Rights Lawyer Disappears in Iran
    October 19, 2023
  • Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests
    Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests
    October 11, 2023
  • Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters
    Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters
    October 9, 2023
  • Outrage After 16-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized Following Reported Assault by “Hijab Guards”
    Outrage After 16-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized Following Reported Assault by “Hijab Guards”
    October 4, 2023
  • Children Among Injured as Iranian Authorities Open Fire on Protests in Zahedan
    Children Among Injured as Iranian Authorities Open Fire on Protests in Zahedan
    September 29, 2023
  • Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
    Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
    September 28, 2023
  • Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
    Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
    September 27, 2023
  • Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
    Iran's Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
    September 20, 2023
  • At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
    At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
    September 16, 2023
  • Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom’ Protests with Regime Loyalists
    Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom' Protests with Regime Loyalists
    September 13, 2023
  • Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report
    Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report
    September 4, 2023
  • Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
    Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
    September 1, 2023
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