Death Sentence on Alternative Health Practitioner Highlights Alarming Use of Capital Punishment in Iran

HRANA News Agency – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed alarm at the imposition of the death penalty on Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of a spiritual movement, writer and practitioner of alternative medicine theories used in Iran and abroad. Taheri was sentenced to death on Saturday by the Revolutionary Court on a charge of Fesad fel Arz (corruption on earth).

“Iran’s use of the death penalty has long been problematic, with many executions on drug offences, several executions of people who were below the age of 18 when the crime was committed, as well as other cases where broad, ill-defined charges led to the imposition of capital punishment,” Zeid said. Continue reading “Death Sentence on Alternative Health Practitioner Highlights Alarming Use of Capital Punishment in Iran”

3 Prisoners Executed in Rafsanjan

HRANA News Agency – Three prisoners who had been sentenced to death were hanged in Rafsanjan prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these three men, all of whom were convicted of drug crimes were executed in Rafsanjan prison on Tuesday 4th August. Continue reading “3 Prisoners Executed in Rafsanjan”

4 Prisoners Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan

HRANA News Agency – Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Isfahan and there are 6 others waiting for execution in Bandar Abbas and Zahedan prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), four of those convicted of drug-related crimes were hanged in Dastgerd prison, in Isfahan on Wednesday 29th July. Two of them were from Afghanistan and two were Iranians but there is no information about the identity of these prisoners available. Continue reading “4 Prisoners Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan”

5 Prisoners Executed in Shahab Prison in Kerman

HRANA News Agency – Five prisoners, who were sentenced to death, were executed in “Shahab” prison in Kerman and 3 others were transferred to solitary confinements for execution.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these prisoners were all sentenced to death on charge of drug related crimes who were 4 men and 1 woman. Ezat Sabeki, Meisam Shahraki and Ali Zehi are the names of three of them and others are unknown. Continue reading “5 Prisoners Executed in Shahab Prison in Kerman”

9 Prisoners Executed in Central Prison of Karaj

HRANA News Agency – 9 prisoners were hanged in the Central prison of Karaj.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these 9 prisoners who had been sentenced on drug related crimes were executed in the early hours of Monday 3rd August, in the prison yard of the Central prison of Karaj. Continue reading “9 Prisoners Executed in Central Prison of Karaj”

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A Death Sentence Issued after Consent of the Complainants

HRANA News Agency – The images below are evidences that show the procedure of issuing an execution sentence for Ehsan Shah Qasemi, who has been charged with murder of a “Nahi e Monkar”, (Vice Preventer), and has been sentenced to death. The images show that the death time was three years after the conflict and the person who had been beaten up, had already signed a formal consent and had received some money as well, as compensation or treatment expenses.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ehsan Shah Qasemi and his friends had a conflict with a member of “Basij”, called Ali Khalili, in July 2011, after he gave them a warning as a “Vice Preventer” and then in the fighting, Ehsan Shah Qasim knifed Ali Khalili. Continue reading “A Death Sentence Issued after Consent of the Complainants”

Video Footage of Graves of Executed Political Prisoners at Home Yards

HRANANews Agency – Political prisoners massacre in the 80’s, is undeniable and also sad reality of Iranian contemporary history and an old wound on the body of civil society. These mass executions were happened between 1380 to 1388 across the country, and its victims were buried in different parts and in different ways, in addition that many burial places were never specified, in the cities, especially in the Northern region of country such as Golestan province due to lack of permission to bury victims in a public cemetery. The bodies of many of those executed had been buried by their families in their private homes.

The following footage is a short illustrated report that gives the story of the burial site for some of the victims in the village of “Gaz Sharghi” of Bandar Gaz in Golestan province. The identity of those executed and buried in the yard of their homes in the video, are as follow: Continue reading “Video Footage of Graves of Executed Political Prisoners at Home Yards”

4 Prisoners Hanged in Central Prison of Karaj

HRANA News Agency – 4 convicted of drug offenses, were hanged in Central prison of Karaj.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the death sentences of four prisoners named Afshin Sanei, Reza Ashir, Vahid Najafi, and Ali Akbar Samandari, Tuesday morning, 16th June, were carried out in the yard of Central prison of Karaj on Tuesday morning, 16th June. Continue reading “4 Prisoners Hanged in Central Prison of Karaj”

At Least 5 Prisoners Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

HRANA News Agency – At Least 5 prisoners have been executed in Ghezelhesar Prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the death sentences of at least 5 prisoners with drug related charges who had been transferred to solitary confinement, has been performed, on Wednesday June 10. Continue reading “At Least 5 Prisoners Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison”

Second Video Footage of the Last Moments of Death Row prisoners before Going to Gallows

HRANA News Agency – The following video footage shows the last moments of 2 death row prisoners in the public ward of Ghezel Hesar Prison before going to gallows. During the recent one month more than 50 prisoners have been hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison.

The obvious calmness of the prisoners in this footage is the other face of the social indifference towards the mass and hidden executions. The goal of revealing this footage is to attract the attention of the civil society and media to the matter of executions. Continue reading “Second Video Footage of the Last Moments of Death Row prisoners before Going to Gallows”