Iran’s prisons are now ‘sites of mass killings’ as executions soar, says Amnesty
11 months, 4 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” to suppress dissent, concludes the human rights advocacy group. As the regime keeps tight control over such information, Amnesty believes that the true number of executions is likely higher. “Protesters, dissidents and members of oppressed ethnic minorities are among those executed as the authorities have weaponised the death penalty in an orchestrated bid to sow fear among the public and suppress dissent,” said Diana Eltahaway, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa deputy director.

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Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says

The Independent  

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Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups

Raw Story  

by Stuart Williams Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday. Norway-based Iran Human Rights and French group Together Against the Death Penalty said the figure was the highest since IHR began recording executions in Iran in 2008. - Executions over protests - …

Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi
2 months ago

Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi

The Independent  

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U.N. says Iran executed over 900 people in 2024, including dozens of women
2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N. says Iran executed over 900 people in 2024, including dozens of women

The Hindu  

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday. "It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to …

Iran executed over 900 people, including dozens of women, in 2024: UN
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran executed over 900 people, including dozens of women, in 2024: UN

Hindustan Times  

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday. "It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to …

Iran executed at least 31 women in 2024 claims human rights monitor
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran executed at least 31 women in 2024 claims human rights monitor

Hindustan Times  

Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use of capital punishment in the Islamic republic. Representative image: Iran has executed more than 30 women in 2024 as per an NGO Norway-based Iran Human Rights, which closely tracks executions in Iran, said …

Iran 'carried out a THOUSAND executions in 2024' - with prisoners also forced to have fingers amputated or EYES gouged out - 'in bid to suppress uprising'
3 months ago

Iran 'carried out a THOUSAND executions in 2024' - with prisoners also forced to have fingers amputated or EYES gouged out - 'in bid to suppress uprising'

Daily Mail  

Iran brutally carried out at least a thousand executions in 2024 as its ruthless leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei attempts to clamp down on political dissidence, it has been claimed. Iran brutally carried out at least 1000 executions in 2024 as its ruthless leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei attempts to clamp down on political dissidence Execution ceremony in Nowshahr, Iran 2014. Here, …

Hundreds of MPs call for action against Iran’s mass use of the death penalty
3 months ago

Hundreds of MPs call for action against Iran’s mass use of the death penalty

The Independent  

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Iran executes man who carried out bizarre violent act on 59 women on Tehran's streets
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran executes man who carried out bizarre violent act on 59 women on Tehran's streets

Daily Mail  

Iran has executed a man convicted of 'corruption of earth' for attacking dozens of women on the capital's streets, its judiciary said today. Rastgooei Kandolaj attacked at least 59 women using an awl, a woodworking tool, causing injuries and sowing 'terror in Tehran', the judiciary's Mizen Online news website announced. Kandolaj was found to have stabbed dozens of women with …

Iran hangs 26-year-old ‘talented student’ for second time on murder charges: NGO
4 months, 3 weeks 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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4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Iran amputates four fingers from the right hand of two thieves in rare use of Sharia law punishment
5 months ago

Iran amputates four fingers from the right hand of two thieves in rare use of Sharia law punishment

Daily Mail  

Iranian authorities have amputated fingers from the hands of two men convicted of theft, rights groups have said, in a relatively rare use of a Sharia law punishment. The two brothers of Kurdish origin each had four fingers on their right hands amputated by a guillotine machine at the prison in the city of Urmia in northwest Iran on Tuesday, …

Iran publicly hangs a man convicted of murder
7 months, 1 week 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
7 months, 3 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
7 months, 3 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,” …

Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic. While Iranian state television claimed without evidence that Nouri had been “illegally …

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

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015

The Independent  

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Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says
10 months ago

Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says

Associated Press  

LONDON — The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The group said the spike in recorded executions was primarily driven by Iran, where authorities executed at least 853 people last year, compared to …

Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies: NGO
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023
1 year ago

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023

Al Jazeera  

In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International, an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for drugs since 2007. “Singapore reversed the COVID-19 hiatus on executions, kicking …

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023
1 year 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
1 year, 2 months 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 man, 23, with mental health condition over Mahsa Amini protests
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran executes man, 23, with mental health condition over Mahsa Amini protests

The Independent  

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Iran executes another prisoner detained during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran executes another prisoner detained during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran on Tuesday hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following the death of a young woman detained for improperly wearing her headscarf. He said such an execution could be characterized as “murder.” The monthslong unrest followed the Sept. 16, 2022 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old …

Iran executes 2022 protester for murder
1 year, 2 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 says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad
1 year, 3 months 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 17-yr-old for murder, 68th child convict hung to death since 2010
1 year, 4 months ago

Iran executes 17-yr-old for murder, 68th child convict hung to death since 2010

Live Mint  

Iran has executed a 17-year-old convicted of murder, two rights groups said on Saturday, expressing outrage that the Islamic republic continues to hang people for crimes committed as minors. Hamidreza Azari was executed on Friday in prison in the eastern town of Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan province, the Norway-based Hengaw and Iran Human Rights groups said in separate statements. Persian-language …

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says
1 year, 5 months 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 hangs 2 men over shrine attack. Tehran's executions in 2023 rise to…
1 year, 8 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 executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
1 year, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

Worldwide executions increased by 53% in 2022: Amnesty report
1 year, 10 months ago

Worldwide executions increased by 53% in 2022: Amnesty report

Hindustan Times  

Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year earlier, with a significant rise in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said in an annual report Tuesday that also criticized Indonesia as having one of the highest numbers of new death sentences in Asia. Read here: Indian-origin man executed in Singapore over drugs trafficking: Report Amnesty said 70% of …

Recorded executions rise to highest in five years: Amnesty
1 year, 10 months ago

Recorded executions rise to highest in five years: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Some 883 people were executed last year, the highest number of known executions in five years, according to Amnesty International, which also raised concerns about the use of the death penalty for drug offences. Some 90 percent of the world’s known …

Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions
1 year, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 Convicted Over Desecrating Koran: Report
1 year, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

Executions surge by 75pc in Iran after anti-government protests
1 year, 11 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 …

Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row
2 years ago

Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row

Al Jazeera  

The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition. Executions for drug-related offences surged in 2022, while the number of drug offenders on death row rose by more than a quarter, according to a new report from drug policy reform group Harm Reduction International. “The fact that these blatant violations of international standards and social …

Iran supreme court upholds death sentence of Swedish-Iranian dissident
2 years 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 Supreme leader Khamenei pardons 'tens of thousands' of prisoners: Report – Firstpost
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran Supreme leader Khamenei pardons 'tens of thousands' of prisoners: Report – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Tehran: Iran’s Supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commute the sentences of tens of thousands of convicts, including those arrested in recent protest against the government, state media reported. Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Eje’i in a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei proposed amnesty or commutation of tens of thousands of convicts which was agreed by …

Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown. “Khamenei’s hypocritical pardon doesn’t change anything,” wrote Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam of the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights. All …

Iran pardons over 10,000 detained protestors with certain 'conditions'; no solace for dual nationals
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran pardons over 10,000 detained protestors with certain 'conditions'; no solace for dual nationals

India TV News  

Iran pardons detainees: In a major development, Iran, which has detained more than 20,000 protestors in the past six months, has freed more than half of the prisoners, a state news agency reported on Sunday. According to media reports, the latest development came following Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's intervention which advocated for the release of over ten thousand …

Iran’s supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran’s supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Those released from prison include some arrested in recent anti-government protests. Iran’s supreme leader has pardoned or allowed a reduction in jail sentences for “tens of thousands” of prisoners, including some arrested in recent anti-government protests. ‘Indoctrination and propaganda’ According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, about 20,000 people have been arrested in connection with the protests, which the …

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