October 11, 2018

Kurdish Mechanic Sentenced to Death in Iran Despite Judge’s Acknowledgement of His Innocence

Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a 25-year-old Kurdish auto mechanic on false charges, the mechanic’s lawyer told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Hedayat Abdollahpour was arrested in late June 2016 ...

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, ...

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 constitutional body charged with approving legislation), could reduce the punishment ...

August 10, 2015

Three Hanged in Public in Karaj

Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in the Golshahr neighborhood of the Iranian city of Karaj on July 29, 2015. Three people found guilty ...

December 7, 2011

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 ...