Iran: The Violations of the Right of Life

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 09:01:38 AM


A rapist was hanged in public in the city of Shiraz on 19 May 2015.

 He had been convicted to death on the charge of rape, 22 imprisonment for kidnapping and 111 lashes for robbery and persecuting of the citizens at branch four of the Criminal Court in Fars Province of Iran. The offensive Hossein A finally hanged in public while the verdict had been confirmed by branch 32 at the Supreme Court as rights group said.

 

Four Prisoners Hanged in Central Arak Prison

The offensives including Abdul-Rahman Sh, Eisa B, Alireza B had been convicted to death on the charge of participating of transportation about one hundred and 11 Kilograms Heroin at branch first of the Revolutionary Court in Delijan County. They were executed along with Ahmadreza M who had been sentenced to the death penalty at branch first of Revolutionary Court of Khomein County in the yard of the prison on 19 May 2015.

 

Five Prisoners Hanged in the City of Shiraz

Five prisoners were executed in the yard of Adelabad prison on the charge of murder early morning Tuesday 19 May 2015. According to the news received by the rights group one of the inmates was 18-year-old but there is no any official report to verify the news.

 

Eight Prisoners Were at Imminent Risk of Execution in Rajai Shahr Prison

The eight inmates have been faced imminent risk of execution by gallows on the charge of murder by the Islamic Penal Code (Qisas) on 20 May 2015. There is no any information about their situation and the officials have not expressed news of the execution.

 

A prisoner Hanged in Minab

Ayoub Torkamani was executed in public on the charge of drug trafficking in the stadium of the municipality in the city of Minab who had been detained on 2009. He was convicted at the Revolutionary Court of Minab and hanged by gallows after having seven years imprisonment while the verdict affirmed by the Supreme Court.

 

A Prisoners Hanged in Arak City

Ismail Shahnawazi (Zabod Zehi) was executed by gallows in the yard of the prison on the charge of drug trafficking on 20 May 2015. The offensive corpse buried in Ismaeiabad village of Khash in Sistan and Baluchistan Province. 

 

A Prisoner Hanged in Ghoochan City

A prisoner was executed by gallows in public on the charge of murder on 20 May 2015. The offensive was convicted to death with the charge of murder through armed robbery which led them to kill a shopkeeper as the persecutor of Ghoochan County.

 

Five Prisoners Hanged in Karaj City

Five unknown prisoners were executed by gallows in the yard of Rajai Shahr prison on 21 May 2015. There is no any information about the case of inmates and their charge. Furthermore, three others inmates who were at imminent risk of execution at the same time returned back to the prison by the avenger of blood�s agreement.

 

11 Prisoners Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

11 Prisoners Hanged by gallows in the yard of Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj city early morning on 21 May 2015. The inmates had been convicted to death on the charge of drug trafficking that eight of them was brought from Karaj Central Jail to execution.

 

21 Prisoners Hanged within Fourteen Days in Ghezel Hesar Prison

21 inmates were executed by gallows on the charge of drug trafficking in the yard of Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj city within days 5 May to 19 May 2015. The prisoners had been kept in the prison about seven to 12 years imprisonment according to the news received by BCR Group. 

 

The Capital Punishment of assailant to a Basiji Member Confirmed

Ehsan Shah Ghasemi was convicted to the death penalty on the charge of the assailant to a Basiji member Ali Khalili that the verdict confirmed by the Supreme Court of Iran.

 

Death Penalty for a Gun Shooter in Bam City

The Chief of the Justice Department of Kerman Province confirmed the capital punishment for the gun shooter in Zeid's shrine in Bam which led to one dead and 2 injured.

 

Six Prisoners Transferred to Execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison

At least six inmates were executed by gallows in the yard of Ghezel Hesar prison in 24 May while they had been transferred to the solitary confinement to execution on the charge of drug trafficking in Ghezel Hesar prison on 23 May 2015.  There are 11 individuals who are going to be executed on Sunday or Monday morning, the names of two of them are: Masoud Zibaee and Abbas Heydari.

 

A Prisoner Hanged in Ardebil City

An unknown inmate was executed by gallows on the charge of drug trafficking in the yard of Central Ardebil prison on 23 May 2015. He was accused of dealing 990 Grams Heroin and 995 Grams Crystal at branch first of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Ardebil.

 

Eight Prisoners Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

At least eight prisoners including Nader Haji Zadeh, Mohammad Barani, Jahangir Shahoo Zehi, Mehran Baluch Zehi, Mehrshad Soleymani, Reza Dai Zadeh, Ehsan Saghafi and Abbas Ameri were executed in the yard of Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj on the charge of drug trafficking on 25 May 2015.

 

A Prisoner Hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison

Ali Norouzi was executed by gallows in the yard of Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj on the charge of murder (Qisas) on 25 May 2015.

 

22 Prisoners Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

22 inmates were executed by gallows in the yard of the prison on the charge of drug trafficking on 25 May 2015. The offensives had attempted to be pardoned and exonerated from death by hanging continues to emerge. They made placards, prayed outside in mass, and released a photograph of their desperate pleas.

 

The Capital Punishment of a 21-Year-Old Boyish Confirmed

The young inmate who had been convicted to the death penalty on the charge of killing his lover�s brother executed after the verdict affirmed by the Criminal Court of Tehran on 27 May 2015.

 

Two Inmates� Corpse Buried after the Execution

Ali Kooshki, 24, and Ahmad Ebrahimi, 47, who had been executed by gallows in the yard of Ghezel Hesar prison on the charge of drug trafficking on 25 May 2015 buried in their birthplace Kermanshah and Koohdasht. The 12 others inmates were executed along with them in the same charge as drug-related crimes.

 

Three Prisoners Hanged in Public

27 May, Tehran: three inmates who were convicted on the charge of bullying and brutal violence executed in the public earlier morning in the city of Mashhad on 27 May 2015.

The offensives, two of them 27-year-old and the other one 38, had attempted armed robbery during 2006-2010 as the Prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court Gholam-Ali Sadeghi said.

They had been sentenced to the death penalty at branch eight of the Revolutionary Court on the charge of Mohareb (bullying and brutal violence) through armed robbery, kidnapping, possessing arms and ammunition in the court.

 

Two Inmates Hanged in Kerman City

Two unknown prisoners were executed by gallows on the charge of murder in the yard of Shahab prison in the city of Kerman on 28 May 2015.

 

A prisoner Hanged in Ghachsaran Prison

Rooholah Ghashtasebi, 35, who had been detained with unknown reasons in the Cham Shir region on the charge of killing two persons executed by gallows in the yard of Ghachsaran prison on 28 May 2015.

 

A Prisoner Hanged in Tabriz City

Norouz Basiri was executed by gallows in Central Tabriz prison on 27 May 2015. He was accused of killing a person in the street fighting according to the news.

 

The Imminent Capital Punishment in Public

Majid Rostami the persecutor of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Jiroft announced that a prisoner is at imminent risk of execution on the charge of rape. 

 

Two Inmates Convicted to Death Penalty for Rape

30 May, Tehran: two men were convicted to death and imprisonment at the court which chaired by five criminal judges on the charge of rape and murder.

The offensives Mohammad sentenced to capital punishment on the charge of murder by the Islamic Penal Code �Qisas� and Morteza convicted to 15 years imprisonment accused of involvement in committing the crime, according the rights group said.

Mohammad was sentenced to death in public through the ruling which issued by Chief of branch first of the Criminal Court of Zanjan Province and four counselors Naghi Lou, Pashaei, Seyedi and Moghadami, as the victim�s family lawyer declared.

It is the severest punishment that had been imposed by of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The execution will be carried out if the Supreme Court affirms the verdict.

 

A Prisoner Hanged in Shiraz City

An unknown inmate was executed by gallows in public on the charge of rape on 31 May 2015. He was convicted in the death penalty at branch four of the Criminal Court of Fars Province on the charge of rape to eight women in the city of Shiraz on 2011.

 

Two Prisoners Hanged in Sari Prison

Two inmates were executed by gallows in the yard of Sari prison in the charge of drug-related crimes on 31 May 2015. The persecutor of Mazandaran Province said that the inmates were arrested while they had carried 40 Grams Heroin and 24 Kilograms Opium. 

 

The Chief of the Department of Justice of Hormozgan Province said that the situation of the drug criminals will be decided in the province in the first half of this year.


Collected by Amir Mehrani

Translated: Kaveh Taheri