Iran hangs three convicted rapists who were sentenced to death in July
2 years ago

Iran hangs three convicted rapists who were sentenced to death in July

Firstpost  

Iran was second only to China in the number of executions it carried out last year, putting to death 314 people, according to human rights group Amnesty International Tehran: Iran executed three convicted rapists in the southern city of Shiraz on Thursday, the judiciary said. “The perpetrators of assault and rape on women in Shiraz, who were identified and arrested in October last year, were hanged this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website reported. “This gang of three carried out armed robberies and assaulted and raped a number of women last year,” Mizan quoted Fars province prosecutor Kazem Mousavi as saying. Iran was second only to China in the number of executions it carried out last year, putting to death 314 people, according to human rights group Amnesty International.

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Iran hangs 26-year-old ‘talented student’ for second time on murder charges: NGO
1 month, 1 week ago

Iran hangs 26-year-old ‘talented student’ for second time on murder charges: NGO

Live Mint  

Iran hanged a 26-year-old man for a second time Wednesday months after a previous execution was halted half a minute in, an NGO said. Ahmad Alizadeh was arrested in October 2018 on a murder charge, which he denied, and was sentenced to death, Norway-based Iran Human Rights, which tracks executions in Iran, said in a statement. "Ahmad Alizadeh, a talented …

Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases
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1 month, 1 week ago

Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian man convicted of raping dozens of women over the past two decades has been executed in public, the country’s state media reported on Wednesday. The state-owned IRAN newspaper said Mohammad Ali Salamat was hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed his death sentence earlier in October. He was arrested in January in what was the biggest …

Iranian German Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in U.S., executed in Iran
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iranian German Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in U.S., executed in Iran

LA Times  

Iranian German national and U.S. resident Jamshid Sharmahd attends his trial at the Revolutionary Court, in Tehran, Iran, in 2022. Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran after being convicted on terror charges disputed by his family, the country’s judiciary reported Monday. Iran also accused Sharmahd …

Iran publicly hangs a man convicted of murder
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran publicly hangs a man convicted of murder

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities in central Iran on Monday publicly hanged a man who was convicted in the shooting death of a lawyer, the country’s official judicial news agency said. It was the first public hanging of the year in Iran, according to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights, which tracks executions in the country. Iran typically carries out …

UN rights office decries 'alarmingly high' number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN rights office decries 'alarmingly high' number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week

The Independent  

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UN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week, with the rights chief decrying “an alarmingly high number” of executions in such a short period of time. “Imposing the death penalty for offenses not involving intentional killing is incompatible with international human rights norms and standards,” …

United States and Iran help China push global executions to 10-year high
6 months, 3 weeks ago

United States and Iran help China push global executions to 10-year high

Raw Story  

The number of executions worldwide hit a nearly 10-year high in 2023 thanks to a surge in state killings by Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, and the United States. A new global report published by Amnesty International documents that the death penalty was imposed on 1,153 people last year, though the total is believed to be significantly higher due to the …

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of executions recorded …

Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies: NGO
7 months ago

Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies: NGO

The Hindu  

Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, an NGO said. Parvin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown-up children, was hanged in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran along with five men convicted …

Iran’s prisons are now ‘sites of mass killings’ as executions soar, says Amnesty
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s prisons are now ‘sites of mass killings’ as executions soar, says Amnesty

The Telegraph  

Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high in 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Some 853 people were executed last year – including five boys under 18 – nearly double the number of total executions in 2021, showing that the death penalty is being “weaponised” …

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death. The report, released on Tuesday by Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty, suggests that the 43 percent spike in the use of capital punishment last year came in reaction to nationwide protests prompted by the death in police …

Iran executes 4 ’Israeli spies’ linked to espionage operation. Details here
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran executes 4 ’Israeli spies’ linked to espionage operation. Details here

Live Mint  

Iran executed four people that they claimed were connected to an Israeli espionage operation, Iranian state media has reported. As per the report, the defendants were accused of illegally entering Iranian territory from Iraq's Kurdistan region to carry out a bombing operation in an Isfahan-based factory producing equipment for Iran's Ministry of Defence. Late last month, Iran executed four people …

Iran executes 2022 protester for murder
11 months ago

Iran executes 2022 protester for murder

Al Jazeera  

Human rights advocates criticise Mohammad Ghobadlou’s conviction, saying he did not get a fair trial. “After being upheld by the Supreme Court, the death penalty against defendant Mohammad Ghobadlou has been implemented early this morning,” Mizan reported. ‘Unfair sham trials’ However, human rights group Amnesty International said the 22-year-old’s right to a fair trial was violated, and his bipolar condition …

Iran executes four including woman over allegations of spying for Israel's Mossad
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran executes four including woman over allegations of spying for Israel's Mossad

Firstpost  

The Mizan report highlighted that the group had undergone surveillance by Iranian intelligence for about four months, starting in January 2022, until their arrest in May of the same year In a recent development, Iran carried out execution of four individuals accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad, as reported by local media. The Mizan news agency, affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, …

Iran says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad

Al Jazeera  

Three men and one woman accused of being ‘saboteurs’ were hanged for their ‘collaboration with the Zionist regime’. Iran has executed three men and one woman who were convicted for their alleged links to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, according to media affiliated with the judiciary. “Four members of a sabotage group related to the Zionist regime … were hanged this …

Iran executes child bride who killed abusive husband
1 year ago

Iran executes child bride who killed abusive husband

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Samira was a victim of …

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says
1 year, 1 month ago

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the U.N. General Assembly on the human rights situation in Iran that seven men were executed …

Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests
1 year, 4 months ago

Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men who were earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, state media reported Wednesday. The protests began in mid-September when 22-year-old Amini died after being …

Iran arrests 8 'foreigners' after fatal shooting at Shiite shrine
1 year, 4 months ago

Iran arrests 8 'foreigners' after fatal shooting at Shiite shrine

The Hindu  

Iranian security forces have arrested eight foreign suspects after detaining a gunman in the killing of one person at a Shiite Muslim shrine, authorities said on Monday. The attack on the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, capital of Fars province in Iran's south, came less than a year after a mass shooting at the same site later claimed by the …

A look at known Iranian-Americans held by Iran as the US seeks a prisoner release deal
1 year, 4 months ago

A look at known Iranian-Americans held by Iran as the US seeks a prisoner release deal

Associated Press  

Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, part of a possible deal over billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea. Iran sentenced both Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, to 10 years in the country’s notorious Evin Prison on what the U.S. and U.N. say are trumped-up spying charges. Baquer was placed under house …

Iran's Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence in Mahsa Amini Protests Case
1 year, 4 months ago

Iran's Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence in Mahsa Amini Protests Case

News 18  

Iran’s Supreme Court has quashed a death sentence handed down to a 23-year-old man convicted of killing a policeman during nationwide protests last year, local media reported Wednesday. Iran issued a slew of death sentences during its crackdown on the protests sparked by the September death of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini while in morality police custody. Mohammad Ghobadlou was sentenced …

Iran sentences rapper to more than 6 years in prison over protests, supporters say
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran sentences rapper to more than 6 years in prison over protests, supporters say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has sentenced a popular rapper to six years and three months in prison over his participation in protests that rocked the country last year, his supporters said Monday. Salehi was among thousands of mostly young Iranians who took to the streets last fall after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had …

Iran hangs 2 men over shrine attack. Tehran's executions in 2023 rise to…
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran hangs 2 men over shrine attack. Tehran's executions in 2023 rise to…

Hindustan Times  

Iran executed two men over an attack on a shrine that killed at least 13 people in October. During the trial the men said that they had been in contact with the Islamic State in Afghanistan and helped organise the attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz. Iran hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of …

Iran hangs 2 men over deadly shrine attack: State media
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran hangs 2 men over deadly shrine attack: State media

India Today  

Iran executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine that killed at least 13 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State, Iranian state media reported on Saturday. The men had said during their trial that they had been in contact with the Islamic State in neighbouring Afghanistan and helped organise the …

Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
1 year, 6 months ago

Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group

The Hindu  

Iran has executed over 300 people this year, with the rate in May during the current surge in hangings the highest monthly figure in the country since 2015, a rights group said on Thursday. At least 142 people were executed in May, the highest monthly figure since 2015, meaning an average of over four people were hanged every day last …

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups. “The prosecution relied on forced ‘confessions,’ and the indictment was riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case,” Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the New York-based Center for Human Rights …

Iran executes three men linked to anti-hijab protests for ‘war against God’
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran executes three men linked to anti-hijab protests for ‘war against God’

Hindustan Times  

Authorities in Iran executed three men convicted of violence against the country's security forces during protests triggered after the custodial death of Mahsa Amini's death last year, the judiciary said. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were convicted of "moharebeh", or "war against God", for killing three members of the security forces, the judiciary's Mizan Online news website noted. …

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests

LA Times  

Saleh Mirhashemi was one of three men executed in Iran on Friday for their alleged role in deadly violence during anti-government protests. Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests, despite objections from human rights groups. “The prosecution relied on forced ‘confessions,’ and the indictment was riddled with irregularities that reveal this was …

Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights chief says Iran has executed more than 10 people each week so far this year. Tehran, Iran – Iran has hanged three prisoners, including a man known as the “sultan of cocaine”, as the United Nations warns of a rising number of executions. The men executed on Wednesday were members of Panjak, according to the official news …

U.N. says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week
1 year, 7 months ago

U.N. says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week

The Hindu  

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that Iran has executed a "frighteningly" high number of people this year, rising to more than ten per week on average. "On average so far this year, over ten persons are put to death each week in Iran, making it one of the world's highest executors," said Mr. Turk. "At this …

Iran hangs 2 in rare blasphemy case as executions surge
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran hangs 2 in rare blasphemy case as executions surge

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran hanged two men Monday convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest. Iran remains one of the world’s top executioners, having put to death at least 203 prisoners since the start of this year alone, according to the …

Iran Executes Two Men for Desecrating Quran on Social Media, Prompting Outrage
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran Executes Two Men for Desecrating Quran on Social Media, Prompting Outrage

News 18  

Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social media, prompting US condemnation and accusations from Amnesty International the Islamic republic has reached a “new low” in a spree of executions. “They were hanged solely for social media posts in a grotesque assault on the rights to life and freedom of religion.” In Washington, State Department …

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted Over Desecrating Koran: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted Over Desecrating Koran: Report

News 18  

Iran on Monday executed two people convicted over desecrating the Koran and insulting the Prophet Mohammad, the judiciary said. Sadrollah Fazeli Zarei and Youssef Mehrdad were hanged in the morning, having previously been convicted over “insulting Prophet Mohammad and… burning the Koran”, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported. Iran executes more people yearly than any other nation except China, according …

Iran hangs two men in rare blasphemy case as executions surge
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran hangs two men in rare blasphemy case as executions surge

LA Times  

Iran hanged two men Monday convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest. Iran remains one of the world’s top executioners, having put to death at least 203 prisoners since the start of this year alone, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights. …

Iran executes two ‘Quran burners’ for blasphemy
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran executes two ‘Quran burners’ for blasphemy

Al Jazeera  

The men were said to have insulted Islam and its prophets and run organised efforts to promote atheism. Tehran, Iran – Two “Quran burners” have been executed in Iran for blasphemy convictions that included organising anti-religious activities, the judiciary says. It said the case began three years ago when the public reported an unnamed group publishing “obscene” content, leading the …

Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national

Al Jazeera  

Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death over his role with a separatist group alleged to have carried out a deadly attack. Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death for being “corrupt on earth”, a capital offence under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. “The death sentence for Habib Chaab … nicknamed Habib Asyud, the head of Harakat al-Nidal terrorist …

Executions surge by 75pc in Iran after anti-government protests
1 year, 8 months ago

Executions surge by 75pc in Iran after anti-government protests

The Telegraph  

Iran recorded a 75 per cent increase in executions last year, according to an annual report by two human rights groups, as Tehran grapples to contain an anti-government protest movement. On Thursday, Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said that Iran executed at least 582 prisoners in 2022, the highest number since 2015 and a …

Iran supreme court upholds death sentence of Swedish-Iranian dissident
1 year, 9 months ago

Iran supreme court upholds death sentence of Swedish-Iranian dissident

The Hindu  

Iran’s judiciary on March 12, 203 confirmed a death sentence for a Swedish-Iranian dissident for “terrorism” over two years since his disappearance at an airport in Turkey, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported. “The death sentence of Habib Farajollah Chaab on charges of corruption on earth through the formation, management and leadership of a rebel group called Harakat al-Nidal, and …

Iran court upholds death sentence of Iranian-Swedish dissident
1 year, 9 months ago

Iran court upholds death sentence of Iranian-Swedish dissident

Al Jazeera  

Habib Farajollah Chaab was convicted for allegedly leading a group that bombed a military parade in Ahvaz in 2018. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of an Iranian-Swedish dissident for alleged “terrorist” activities, signalling he may be executed soon. The official news outlet of the Iranian judiciary on Sunday announced that Habib Farajollah Chaab’s death …

Germany expels 2 Iranian diplomats over death sentence
1 year, 10 months ago

Germany expels 2 Iranian diplomats over death sentence

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Berlin and informed him that “we will not accept this massive breach of a German citizen’s rights.” “As a consequence the German government has …

Iran orders death penalty for 'kidnapped' German national
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran orders death penalty for 'kidnapped' German national

The Hindu  

An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. "They kidnapped Jamshid Sharmahd and now they've sentenced him to death after a sham trial," said the head of the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group Mahmood Amiry Moghaddam. German …

Iran sentences detained US-based opposition figure to death
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran sentences detained US-based opposition figure to death

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A senior member of a U.S.-based Iranian opposition group held by Iran and accused of orchestrating a deadly 2008 mosque bombing has been sentenced to death, authorities said Tuesday. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the death sentence is “absolutely unacceptable” and that there would be a “clear reaction,” without elaborating. A Middle East expert …

Iranian-German man sentenced to death on ‘terrorism’ charges
1 year, 10 months ago

Iranian-German man sentenced to death on ‘terrorism’ charges

Al Jazeera  

Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 people, something his family denies. Tehran, Iran – Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd has been sentenced to death by Iran’s judiciary on terrorism-related charges. The 67-year-old, who also has United States residency and was arrested in 2020, was convicted of “corruption on Earth” for heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a …

Iranian couple handed prison sentence for dancing in the streets
1 year, 10 months ago

Iranian couple handed prison sentence for dancing in the streets

CNN  

CNN — An Iranian couple, both social media influencers, have been given lengthy prison sentences after a video emerged of them dancing in a main square in the capital Tehran. However Mizan, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, said each individual was sentenced to 5-year prison term on the charges of “assembly and collusion with the intention of disrupting …

Iran's 'death committee' president says punishment to all involved in violence will continue
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran's 'death committee' president says punishment to all involved in violence will continue

India Today  

As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say. Now president three decades later, and seen by many as Iran's potential next Supreme Leader, Raisi is presiding over an uncompromising response to domestic and international challenges which have seen Iranian courts …

Iran hangs Iranian-British ex-defense official for spy claim
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran hangs Iranian-British ex-defense official for spy claim

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of top security official Ali Shamkhani, suggests an ongoing power struggle within Iran’s theocracy as it tries to contain the demonstrations …

Iran hangs former defense official with dual citizenship over spy claims
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran hangs former defense official with dual citizenship over spy claims

LA Times  

Ali Reza Akbari, once a high-ranking official in Iran’s Defense Ministry, in 2019. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of top security official Ali Shamkhani, suggests an ongoing power struggle within Iran’s theocracy as it tries to contain the demonstrations over the September death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly summoned Iran’s charge …

Executions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different
1 year, 11 months ago

Executions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday accused Iran of “weaponizing” criminal procedures, saying it amounts to “state sanctioned killing” With this round of protests, critics say, the authorities are using charges that carry …

Iranian-British citizen sentenced to death for spying on Iran
1 year, 11 months ago

Iranian-British citizen sentenced to death for spying on Iran

Al Jazeera  

The UK called Iran’s planned execution of former defence official Alireza Akbari ‘politically motivated’ and demanded his immediate release. Alireza Akbari was given the death penalty for “corruption on Earth and for harming the country’s internal and external security by passing on intelligence”, Iran’s judicial news agency Mizan Online reported on Wednesday. Citing a statement from the intelligence ministry, Mizan …

Iranians protest in front of Karaj prison as more executions loom
1 year, 11 months ago

Iranians protest in front of Karaj prison as more executions loom

Al Jazeera  

Protesters gathered in front of a prison in Karaj to stop the execution of two men linked to Iran’s demonstrations. Tehran, Iran – Dozens of people have demonstrated in front of a prison in the Iranian city of Karaj amid reports that two more men could soon be executed in cases linked with Iran’s ongoing protests. Multiple videos posted online …

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