The scheduled trip by Stef Blok and Alexander Schallenberg, the Dutch and Austrian foreign ministers, to Iran, the world record holder of executions per capita and the godfather of international terrorism, will be construed by the mullahs’ regime as a green light to continue and step up crimes against humanity and a lever to justify the massacre of protesters and political prisoners
Tag: Executions
Amnesty accuses Iran of ongoing crimes against humanity
In its annual report on the situation of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Amnesty International (AI) says the renewed wave of mass uprisings were met with brutality and repression during ‘year of defiance.
Australia needs to condemn in the strongest possible terms Iran’s human rights abuses
With Iran holding parliamentary elections for the first time in four years on Friday February 21 and the 43rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council due to convene on Monday, Amnesty’s latest report documenting atrocious human rights abuses across the Middle East in 2019 could not be more timely
Juvenile offender Danial Zeinolabedini in danger of execution
Danial Zeinolabedini is a juvenile offender whose death sentence has been upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court. Danial was born on August 9, 2000. He allegedly committed murder on September 22, 2017, when he was 17 years old. According to his relatives, he did not commit the murder and is innocent
Three men hanged in Kermanshah Iran
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, February 5, 2020, three prisoners were hanged at Kermanshah prison -also known as Dizel-Abad prison. IHR could identify two as Shahab Naderi (22) and Borzu Ahmadi (38), both executed for murder charges
Death row prisoner hanged in Isfahan
According to IHR sources, death-row prisoner Hassan Saraei (36) was hanged on Thursday, February 13, 2020, at Isfahan prison. “He was sentenced to death for murdering his friend four years ago,” a well-informed source told IHR
Two prisoners hanged in Shiraz Iran
Two prisoners were hanged on Wednesday morning, February 12, 2020 in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. The two prisoners had been convicted in a common case of murder and rape
Seven Sunni prisoners sentenced to death after 10 years of detention
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld death sentences for seven Sunni prisoners after some 10 years of holding them in detention
Iran approves death sentence for Amir Rahimpour
“Amir Rahimpour, who was the CIA spy and received huge money to give part of the information of Iran’s nuclear program to the intelligence service of America, had already been sentenced to death and it was recently approved by the country’s Supreme National court
Man hanged in Iran for drug charges
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Sunday, February 2, 2020, death-row prisoner Rasoul Molla-Hassani (39) was hanged at Borujerd Central Prison
At least three people hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Sunday, February 2, at least three prisoners were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison in Karaj city, near Tehran. They were identified by IHR sources as Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha
