In an interview with ISNA (the Iranian Student News Agency), the prominent Iranian lawyer Nemat Ahmadi lambasted Iran’s anti-drug law, calling it “lacking in preventive powers” despite its stipulation of the death penalty as punishment for drug traffickers. “We have no other laws about drug trafficking, and because the anti-drug law was passed […]
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UN Secretary-General Expresses Alarm about Executions, Retaliation Against Activists and Attacks on Women in Iran
In his interim report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran published on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon detailed a long list of human rights concerns, leading with the ongoing application of the death penalty, retaliation against activists cooperating with the United Nations and […]
Is UN Engagement Having an Impact on Iran’s Human Rights? Absolutely.
To critics who question the ability of UN processes to change the behaviors and policies of the leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran, an English language media interview with a top Iranian official has provided a revealing answer. In an interview broadcast last Friday, a Euronews reporter asked Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head […]
UN Rapporteur Notes Alarming Increase In Executions By Iran
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran is warning about a surge in executions by the Islamic republic. In his latest report to the UN General Assembly, Ahmed Shaheed said at least 852 people, including 8 juvenile offenders, were executed in Iran between July 2013 and June 2014. He […]
Amnesty International: Small number of countries trigger global spike in executions
Iran and Iraq caused a sharp global spike in the number of executions carried out in 2013, bucking the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty, Amnesty International found in its annual review of the death penalty worldwide. Alarming levels of executions in an isolated group of countries in 2013 – mainly the […]
Amnesty International: Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions
Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 carried out in the past week alone, said Amnesty International today. “The spike in the number of executions carried out so far this month in Iran is alarming. The Iranian authorities’ attempts to change their international […]
Executions Will Continue, Says Head of Judiciary
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Head of Iran’s Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani told high-ranking Judiciary officials yesterday, “The Judiciary will not take notice of irrational words and lies and will resolutely continue its work, because we believe that the highest human rights values are recognized in Islam.” “As I’ve said before, […]
Human Rights Watch: Set Immediate Moratorium on Executions
18 Executed in One Day, 16 of Them ‘In Response’ to Border Attack Iran should issue an immediate moratorium on executions in light of continued revelations of unlawful or politically motivated executions following flawed trials. On October 26, 2013, the government executed 16 people in what the prosecutor said was “retaliation” for the killings […]
Amnesty International: Lives of two death row inmates from Kurdish minority at risk amid surge in executions
Two death row prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority are at imminent risk of being executed after the Iranian authorities carried out 20 death sentences over the weekend, Amnesty International warned today. “This surge in executions shows that behind words and promises, the Iranian authorities continue to rely on state-sponsored killing, sparking fears that Zaniar […]
A Report On Executions In Iran
537 Hangings From October 2012 To October 2013: From October 11, 2012 to October 10, 2013 at least 537 people were hanged in various cities across Iran. This figure represents a 9% increase in the number of hangings over the same period last year. Issuing and implementing of death sentences in Iran occur while […]