January 2011: At least 92 executions by hanging in Iran

Via Iran Human Rights

At least 92 executions by hanging were carried out in Iran in one single month -- January 2011. The madness must stop. Please help us spread the word by sharing this video widely! Thank you!

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FIVE PEOPLE WERE HANGED IN IRAN TODAY 8. JUNE

18 EXECUTIONS IN TWO DAYS

Source: iranhr.net 

Iran Human Rights, June 8: Five people were executed early today (Tuesday June 8) reported the Iranian government’s newspaper Iran. This is only one day after execution of 13 people in the Ghezel Hesar prison of tehran.

According to the report four of those executed today were convicted of kidnapping and rape while the fifth person was convicted of drug trafficking. Only one man was identified by name. He was Masoud (33 years old) convicted of drug trafficking. Two of the others were identified as "a 33 years old man" and "a 21 years old boy" both convicted of kidnapping and sexual abuse. The other two who were executed today were not identified by name or age, and were convicted of rape.

The report didn’t say where the executions took place, but it is believed that they took place in Tehran.

In the past three days at least 19 people have been executed in Iran. It is believed that the number of the executions will increase as we get closer to the first anniversary of the post-electoral uprisings on June 12.

Iran Human Rights has urged UN and all the countries with economic and diplomatic ties with Iran to do whatever they can to stop the executions in Iran.

حقوق بشر ایران، ۱۸ خرداد ۱۳۸۹: تنها یک روز پس از اعدام ۱۳ نفر در زندان قزل حصار کرج، پنج نفر دیگر صبح امروز سه شنبه ۱۷ خرداد در ایران به دار آویخته شدند.

به گزارش روزنامه دولتی ایران صبح امروزپنج نفر به اتهام آدم‌ربايي و آزار و اذيت و قاچاق مواد مخدر در زندان به دار آویخته شدند. این روزنامه اشارهای به مکاناعدامها نکرد اما گمان میرود که این افراد در یکی از زندانهای تهران اعدام شده باشند.

به گزارش این روزنامه نخستين اعدامي، مرد ۳۳ ساله‌اي بود که به اتهام آدم ربائی و اذیت و آزار یک پسر جوان به اعدام محکوم شده بود. نفر دوم جوان ۲۱ ساله به اتهام ربودن و اذیت و آزار یک دختر ۲۲ ساله با عقب افتادگی ذهنی، نفرهای سوم و چهارم به اتهام اذیت و آزار یک زن و نفر به اعدام محکوم شده بودند. این گزارش توضیح بیشتری در مورد هویت این چهار نفر نداد. نفر پنجم که امروز اعدام شد فردی بود به نام مسعود (۳۳) که به اتهام حمل، نگهداري و در معرض فروش قرار دادن ۸ كيلوگرم هروئين در دادگاه انقلاب محاكمه و به اعدام محكوم شده بود. هیچیک از این اتهامات توسط منابع مستقل تائید نشده اند.

با این پنج نفر تعداد اعدامها در سه روز گذشته به ۱۹ نفر رسید. انتظار میرود که با نزدیک شدن به سالگرد آغاز اعتراض های ضد حکومتی ۲۲ خرداد تعداد اعدامها هام افزایش یابد.

سازمان حقوق بشر ایران روز گذشته از سازمان ملل خواست تا یک گزارشگر ویژه فوری به ایران اعزام کنند. سازمان حقوق بشر ایران همچنین از کشورهائی که با ایران روابط اقتصادی و دیپلماتیک دارند خواست تا در قبال این اعدامها واکنش شدید نشان داده و از تمام توان خود برای جلوگیری از اعدام های بیشتر استفاده کنند.

13 prisoners were executed in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj this morning

@perianbanoo on the executions this morning (edited):

The news of 26 prisoners having been moved to quarantine in preparation for execution came out on Sunday. See yesterday’s report from RAHANA.

Today they executed 13, all charged with “drug trafficking”. Reports are the executions took place without the presence of their lawyers (required by law). A number of the people executed today were first time offenders.

Names of some of the executed prisoners:

• Baghi Amini
• Sanjar Touztahi
• Nader Azarnoush
• Mohamad Jafari
• Mohamad Azarfam
• Kazem Tashteki
• Masoud Amir
• Abdolhousein Soltanabad
• Ahmad Shahbakhsh

HRANA reports that 31 people have been executed in Iran in the past 17 days.

HRANA - One person was executed in Esfahan this morning, bringing the total number of people executed today to 14 http://bit.ly/aPOKzk

URGENT: 26 PEOPLE AT IMMINENT DANGER OF EXECUTION IN TEHRAN

THEY CAN BE EXECUTED WITHIN 48 HOURS

Iran Human Rights, June 6: According to reports from Iran, 26 people have been transferred to the quarantine section of Ghesel hesar prison, west of Tehran, and are being prepared for execution. They can be executed within the next 48 hours.

The human rights lawyer Moammad Mostfaei wrote in a letter that this news has been confirmed by some of his clients who are staying in the Ghezel Hesar prison. According to Mr. Mostafaei’s letter these peopel are allegedly convicted of drug related offences. Mr. Mostafaei wrote also names of some of those who are transferred to the quarantine section: Mohammad Jafari, Mohammad Azarfam, Bagher Amini, Soltan Abadi, Mohammad Moradi and Nader Azarnoosh.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, urged UN to send an urgent team of observators immediately to Iran. He said: The Iranian authorities are trying to spread fear in order to prevent new protests on the anniversary of the June 12. presidential elections". He added: " We expect more executions in the coming days and weeks. We ask all the countries with economic and dipolomatic ties with Iran to use all their channels in order to prevent these executions. The world community must not be silent witnesses to the crimes taking place in Iran. The world must react now!"


Source: Iran Human Rights

END THE EXECUTIONS !!

Zahra Rahnavard: Why executions?

Source: The Green Voice of Freedom

Zahra Rahnavard, wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, has expressed her outrage over the horrific executions of the five political prisoners last Sunday. The full translated text of her written piece published by Jaras website is as follows:

The provocative and violent executions carried out by the regime in recent days, especially the execution of five young individuals on Sunday 9 May under the pretext that they belonged to antirevolutionary groups raises different questions for the mind of any freedom seeking and critical person. Questions such as:

• Why execution? Why are the worst types of punishment applied against individuals and the nation?

• Were the judicial proceedings carried out in a just way? Do confessions obtained under torture have any legal worth?

• Were these actions, rulings and executions carried out by the judiciary independently or did they take place under pressure exerted by security forces?

• Were these hasty executions a way of taking vengeance on the people just before the first anniversary of the 12th of June?

• The Green Movement, with all its diversity and pluralism seeks the strengthening of central rule and national unity among all of Iran’s ethnic groups while respecting minority rights. Yet why is it that the current rulers move towards provoking an ancient ethnic group by oppression and execution of Kurdish minority and youth? And the key question is: are these actions in favour of national unity or in the favour of separatism with all its implications?

• Is execution and violence against God’s most benign subjects a cause for pride for the regime or a sign of weakness and desperation? This, despite our prophet description of women as a flowers.

• Despite all the regime’s claims of being an Islamic one, have these violent actions, interrogations, long-term imprisonments and the executions made Islam more appealing for women or have they indeed caused the cynicism of women and the youth towards Islam in a way that even fundamental practices such as praying and fasting are being questioned? This slaughter of women means that the regime has finally given in to the calls for it to eliminate discrimination; however this time it has done so by applying the same level of oppression to everyone, both men and women through imprisonment, torture, interrogations, subpoenas and execution. And at the same time, the regime prevents measures banning discriminatory and dominating laws in its relevant bodies and courts. Finally, as Zahra Rahnavard, a small member of this nation, I would like to send a message to all the mourning mothers and women whose sons and husbands have either been executed or murdered on the streets at the hands of mercenaries: Oh brave and courageous women! I am with you in this time of sadness and grief, and know that the bloods will culminate in victory and the reward for the heavy price of losing the youth will be freedom and democracy, but alas, for the regime oppresses the nation; a nation that has no sanctuary but God himself.

Five political prisoners executed in Tehran today

Source: Iran Human Rights

According to the reports from Iran five political prisoners were executed in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning, Sunday 9 May.

According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, four men and one women, all convicted of Moharebeh (waging war against God), were hanged at Evin prison today.

Four of those executed were the kurdish political prisoners Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili and Shirin Alamhooli, all convicted of membership in PJAK (the Iranian branch of PKK), while the fifth person was Mehdi Eslamian convicted of involvement in a bomb explosion in 2008 in Shiraz.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights condemned today’s executions and said: "None of the five executed today had fair trials and they had been subjected to torture while in prison". He continued: "We ask the UN, EU and the international community to condemn these execution". He added: "Several other political prisoners are at imminent danger of execution and the world community should let that happen."

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According to one twitter activist neither their families nor their lawyers were notified about the executions. They first heard about it in the news.

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پنج زندانی سیاسی در زندان اوین اعدام شدند

حقوق بشر ایران، ۱۹ اردیبهشت ۱۳۸۹: بنا به گزارشهای رسیده از ایران زندانیان سیاسی فرزاد کمانگر، علی حیدریان، فرهاد وکیلی، شیرین علم‌هولی و مهدی اسلامیان بامداد امروز در زندان اوین تهران به دار آویخته شدند. خبرگزاری رسمی حکومت ایران ایرنا به نقل ازدادسراي عمومي و انقلاب تهران نوشت که فرزاد کمانگر به اتهام محاربه و عضویت در گروه پ. ک. ک. ، علی حیدریان، فرهاد وکیلی و شیرین علم‌هولی به اتهام محاربه و عضویت در گروه پژاک و مهدی اسلامیان به اتهام شرکت در بمبگذاری حسینیه شیراز به اعدام محکوم شده بودند.

محمود امیری مقدم سخنگوی سازمان حقوق بشر ایران در این رابطه گفت: ما این جنایات را شدیدا محکوم میکنیم. همگی این افراد در دادگاههای نمایشی محاکمه شده بودند و در زندان تحت شکنجه قرار داشتند. وی افزود: ما از سازمان ملل، اتحادیه اروپا و جامعه بین المللی میخواهیم که اعدام های امروز را محکوم کنند. هم اکنون احتمال اعدام زندانیان سیاسی دیگری از جمله زینب جلالیان، رمضان احمد، فرهاد چالش، رستم ارکیا، فصیح یاسمنی، رشید آخ کندی و حسین خزری، در زندانهای حکومت ایران وجود دارد و جامعه بین المللی باید از این اعدامها جلوگیری کند.

Six men were hanged this morning

Source: Iran Human Rights

Six men were hanged in the Ghazal Hesar prison of Karaj, west of Tehran early this morning Saturday 8, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.

According to the report the men were identified as

• Arsalan Asadi son of Amanollah
• Mohammad Ali Fakhri son of Mohammad Hossein
• Abbas Garavand son of Yousefbeik
• Rahman Biabani son of Vali
• Parviz Taghizadeh son of Soleiman
• Saeid Michaeili son of Rashid

They were all convicted of drug trafficking. Age of none of those executed today was mentioned in the report.

Iranian authorities have started a new wave of executions since the beginning of the Iranian new year.

Ghezel Hesar prison is rarely used for executions.

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صبح امروز شنبه شش نفر در زندان قزل حصار اعدام شدند

حقوق بشر ایران ، ۱۹ اردیبهشت ۱۳۸۹: بنا به گزارشهای رسیده از ایران بامداد شنبه ۱۹ اردیبهشت شش نادر در زندان قزل حصار کرج به دار آویخته شدند.

خبر گزاری حکومتی فارس به نقل از روابط عمومي دادسراي تهران، در این رابطه نوشت:" محكومين ارسلان اسدي فرزند امان‌الله، محمد‌علي فخري فرزند محمد‌حسين، عباس گراوند فرزند يوسف‌بيك، رحمان بياباني فرزند ولي، پرويز تقي‌زاده فرزند سليمان و سعيد ميكائيلي فرزند رشيد نام داشتند. ارسلان اسدي و محمدعلي فخري به اتهام حمل ۱۵۶ كيلوگرم مرفين و ۱۱۰ كيلوگرم ترياك، عباس گراوند به جرم نگهداري ۳۸۶ گرم هروئين، رحمان بياباني به جرم حمل ۲۷۶ گرم كراك، اختفاي ۲۶۴ گرم هروئين و تلاش براي انتقال ۹۸ گرم هروئين به داخل زندان، پرويز نقي‌زاده به جرم نگهداري ۱۵۰ گرم كراك در قالب ۸۳۰ بسته، ۴۰ گرم ترياك، ۸۰ بسته قرص روانگردان و سعيد ميكائيلي به جرم نگهداري و فروش ۴۴۲۲ گرم كراك اعدام شدند".

سن هیچیک از افراد اعدام شده در این گزارش ذکر نشده است.

زندان قزل حصار بندرت برای اجرای احکام اعدام استفاده میشود.

حکومت ایران از اواسط فروردین ماه امسال موج جدیدی از اعدام را آغاز کرده است.

Ashura Protester Gets Death Sentence

Source: RAHANA (Reporters and Human Rights Activists in Iran)

RAHANA Prisoners’ Rights Unit – Today, 9 people who had recently been tried for their roles in Ashura protests, received their sentences today. One person has been sentenced to death, while 8 others received prison sentences.
According to a report by INLA News agency, all 9 defendants were tried by the Revolutionary Court over the past two weeks and in two separate open court sessions with their lawyers present. They were tried on charges of Moharebeh and conspiracy against the regime.
On January 28th, 2010, Arash Rahmanipour and Mohammad Reza Alizamani were executed secretly and without the knowledge of their families or lawyers. Both men had been arrested before the June election but were tried and sentenced to death for their roles in post election events.

List of 63 political prisoners in danger of execution

هشدار!!!، اسامی ۶۳ تن از زندانیان سیاسی در خطر اعدام

Source: Negar Irani on Facebook

English Translation
(For Original Farsi Text Please Scroll Down)

According to the International Committee Against Executions, 63 political prisoners in Iran are in eminent danger of being executed!! This list includes 28 people from Kordestan, 12 people from Sistan & Balouchestan, 12 people from Ahvaz and 11 people from Tehran.

The International Committee Against Executions kindly asks families of political prisoners and all those who have additional information on political prisoners sentenced to death to forward the information to them so that this list can be completed.

All Human rights organizations, institutions and political parties around the world are asked to protest against these executions and to do everything in their power to stop executions by the Islamic Republic.

The names of the political prisoners sentenced to death is as follows:

1. Ali Sameri
2. Ayoub Porkar
3. Ahmad Karimi
4. Nasser Abdolhosseini
5. Reza Khademi
6. Amir Reza Arefi
7. Ali Reza Karami Kheyrabadi
8. Khaled Hardani
9. Saeed Shahgholei
10. Abbas Deldar
11. Farhad Vakili

List of names in Kordestan 

12- Zeynab Jallalian
13- Habibollah Latifi
14- Shirkou Moarefi
15- Farhad Vakili
16-Farzad Kamangar
17- Ali Heydaran
18- Hossein Khazri
19- Rashid Akhkondi
20- Mohammad Amin Agooshi
21- Ahmad Pouladkhani
22- Saeed Samihosseini
23-Saeed Jamal Mohammadi
24- Rostam Arkyia
25- Mostafa Soleymi
26- Anvar Rostami
27- Hossein Talayi
28- Iraj Mohammadi
29- Mohammad Amin Adbolelahi
30- Ghader Mohammad Zadeh
31- Shirin Elmhoui
32- Adnan Hassanpour
33- Heyva Boutimar
34- Ramzan Ahmad (Oroumieh prison)
35- Farhad Chalesh
36- Sarhad Chalesh
37- Saeed Ramzan
38- Hoshtar Ghaderi
39- Jahangir Badouzadeh

From Sistan and Balouchestan 

40- Abadolrahman Narouyi
41- Abed Gehramzehi
42- Abadoljalil Rigi
43- Nasser Shahbakhsh
44- Mahmoud Rigi
45- Ali Saadati
46- Valeed Neysi
47- Mahed Fardapour
48- Dayeer Mahavi
49- Maher Mahavi
50- Ahmad Saaedi
51- Yousef Loftehpour

From Ahvaz 

52- Avdeh Afravi
53- Ali Reza Salmandelfi
54- Ali Halfi
55- Mosalam Alhayi
56- Abadolreza Navaseri
57- Yahya Nasseri
58- Abadoliman Zaeri
59- Nazem Barihi
60- Abadolreza Halichi
61- Zemal Bavi
62- Risan Savari
63- Leyla Kaabi

International Committee Against Executions
January 28 2010
Contact:
farshadhoseini@gmail.com
MinaAhadi@aol.com 


بر اساس گزارش کمیته بین المللی علیه اعدام ، ۶۳ زندانی سیاسی در ایران در خطر اعدام قرار دارند. این لیست شامل ۲۸ نفر از کردستان، ۱۲ نفر از سیستان و بلوچستان، ۱۲ نفر اهواز و ۱۱ نفر تهران میباشند.

کمیته بین المللی علیه اعدام ضمن انتشار این لیست از همه مردم و خانواده زندانیان سیاسی میخواهد که هر گونه اطلاعات تکمیلی از جزئیات زندانیان سیاسی محکوم به اعدام دارند را برای آنها ارسال کنند.

این گزارش همچنین تمام ارگان ها نهادها احزاب و سازمان های سیاسی و حقوق بشری در سراسر دنیا را فرا میخواند که قاطعانه علیه این اعدام ها در ایران اعتراض کرده و به هر طریق ممکن مانع اجرای این اعدامها توسط جمهوری اسلامی شوند.

اسامی زندانیان سیاسی محکوم به اعدام به قرار زیر است

۱- علی صارمی، ۲- ایوب پرکار،
۳- احمد کریمی، ۴- ناصر عبدالحسینی، ۵- رضا خادمی،
۶- امير رضا عارفي ۷- علیرضا کرمی خیر آبادی، ۸- خالد حردانی،
۹- سعید شاه قلعه ای، ۱۰- عباس دلدار؛ ۱۱- فرهاد وکیلی،

از کردستان
:
۱۲- زینب جلالیان، ۱۳- حبیب الله لطیفی،
۱۴- شیرکو معارفی، ۱۵- فرهاد وکیلی، ۱۶- فرزاد کمانگر،
۱۷- علی حیدریان، ۱۸- حسین خضری، ۱۹- رشید آخکندی،
۲۰- محمد امین آگوشی، ۲۱- احمد پولاد خانی، ۲۲- سید سامی حسینی،
۲۳- سید جمال محمدی، ۲۴- رستم ارکیا، ۲۵- مصطفی سلیمی،
۲۶- انور رستمی، ۲۷- حسن تالعی ۲۸- ایرج محمدی،
۲۹- محمد امین عبدالهی ۳۰- قادر محمد زاده، ۳۱- شیرین علم هوی،
۳۲- عدنان حسن پور، ۳۳- هيوا بوتيمار، ۳۴- رمضان احمد (اهل کردستان سوریه، زندان ارومیه)
۳۵- فرهاد چالش، ۳۶- سرهد چالش٬ (فعال سیاسی اهل کردستان ترکیه، زندان زنجان) ۳۷- سعید رمضان٬ (فعال سیاسی اهل کردستان سوریه، زندان قزوین)
۳۸- هژار قادری، ۳۹- جهانگیر بادوزاده

از سیستان و بلوچستان

۴۰- عبدالرحمان ناروئی، ۴۱- عابد گهرام زهی، ۴۲- عبدالجلیل ریگی،
۴۳- ناصر شه بخش، ۴۴- محمود ریگی ۴۵- علی ساعدی،
۴۶- ولید نیسی، ۴۷- ماحد فرادی پور، ۴۸- دعیر مهاوی،
۴۹- ماهر مهاوی، ۵۰- احمد ساعدی، ۵۱- یوسف لفته پور

از اهواز

۵۲- اوده افراوی، ۵۳- علی رضا سلمان دلفی،
۵۴- علی حلفی ، ۵۵- مسلم الحایی، ۵۶- عبدالرضا نواسری،
۵۷- یحیی ناصری، ۵۸- عبدالایمان زائری، ۵۹- ناظم بریحی،
۶۰- عبدالرضا هلیچی، ۶۱- زمال باوی، ۶۲- ریسان سواری،
۶۳- لیلا کعبی،

کمیته بین المللی علیه اعدام
۲۸ ژانویه ۲۰۱۰
آدرس تماس

farshadhoseini@gmail.com
MinaAhadi@aol.com

تلفن های تماس با ما:
فرشاد حسینی: ۰۰۳۱۶۸۱۲۸۵۱۸۴
مینا احدی: ۰۰۴۹۱۷۷۵۶۹۲۴۱۳

فیس بوک اتحاد جمهوریخواهان ایران
پنجشنبه ۸ بهمن ۱۳۸۸ - ۲۸ ژانويه ۲۰۱۰

Source: Negar Irani on Facebook

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Seven Bahai’s facing execution in Iran October 18!! - i.e. Tomorrow!!

Warning. Graphic Images.

This video was posted on YouTube by @shariatmadari as a response to this video:

Please go to this link to help save these lives!

http://www.stoppersecutionnow.org/

Deadly Fatwa

Iran’s 1988 Prison Massacre

From News Blaze August 27, 2009

"The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC)" has "released a report documenting and analyzing the Iranian government's massacre of political prisoners during the summer of 1988.

[…]

In late July 1988, pursuant to a *fatwa* issued by then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian government began systematically interrogating, torturing and summarily executing thousands of political prisoners. […] Although the exact number of victims is not known, thousands of prisoners were tortured and executed over the course of only a few months.

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The Iranian government has never identified those who were secretly executed and tortured, and has never issued an explanation for this crime. However, many of the men who were responsible for the massacre continue to hold positions of power in the Iranian government."

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