June 5, 2014: Following the execution of the political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani for Moharebeh, a group of United Nations’ rights experts expressed outrage at the execution and urged the Iranian authorities to put an end to the death penalty. Iran: UN rights experts express outrage after recent executions and call for an end […]
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Iran Executes Man Despite International Pressure
Iran has hanged a man accused of links to an exiled opposition group, despite international pressure on the Islamic Republic to halt the execution. Iran’s official media announced the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani on June 1. The official IRNA news agency said Savajani was sentenced to death in 2010 for donating money and […]