HRANA News Agency – Following reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader has pardoned 130 prisoners charged with security crimes, the Tehran Prosecutor’s office announced that so far about 90 prisoners have been released.
It is customary for Iran’s Supreme Leader to grant some pardons on the occasion of Eid of Fetre, at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
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During the first six months of the year, nine and half centuries of imprisonments and 8 death sentence judgments have been issued.
During the first six months of the year, nine and half centuries of imprisonments and 8 death sentence judgments have been issued.
During the first six months of the year, the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued more than nine and one half centuries of jail punishments for 290 political and civil activists in different areas, and has issued or confirmed eight (8) execution orders.
According to the reports by statistics unit, of publishing and writings of Iranian Human Rights Activists , the different branches of revolutionary courts (preliminary) collectively have issued four and half centuries of imprisonments for 189 individuals. In addition to these sentencing, 2 individuals have been sentenced to death.
Bahai’s Graveyard Completely Destroyed in Sangsar, Semnan, Iran
HRANA News Agency – Baha’i’s old graveyard wad completely destroyed and was covered with soil by dozers.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Baha’i’s old graveyard wad completely destroyed and was covered with soil and debris by dozers and graves have been hidden, nearly two weeks ago.
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Google Plus Filtered and Blocked in Iran
HRANA News Agency – Today, the social networking platform Google Plus was unavailable in Iran.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Google has recently launched its social networking platform called Google Plus to a limited number of users on a trial basis.Today, web users in Iran were unable to reach Google Plus.
The Internet Content Filtering Committee in Iran has blocked Google Plus despite the fact that only one day ago, the Iranian Cyber Space Police Chief said, “Membership in social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter is not a crime.”
Four Prisoners Transferred for Execution in Yasouj, Iran
HRANA News Agency – After five public executions in Yasouj, four more prisoners who are sentenced to death convicted of rape, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after five public executions in Yasouj, in the morning of Thursday, December 27, 2012, four more prisoners who are sentenced to death convicted of rape, were transferred to solitary confinement in the afternoon of the same day for execution.
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480 Prisoners Hanged From October 2010 to October 2011
HRANA News Agency – The Statistics and Publications Unit of Human Rights Activists in Iran has reported that from October 2010 to October 2011, 480 individuals charged with various crimes have been hanged in Iran.During the same period of time, there have been 641 prisoners sentenced to death and 46 individuals hanged in public.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the majority of prisoners who received the death penalty were charged with drug related crimes.It is also noteworthy that Iranian Judiciary Branch neither officially announces the majority of death sentences when they are issued nor the time when they are carried out.
Since the beginning of 2011, 478 individuals have been sentenced to die, and the death penalties for 422 of these prisoners have been carried out.If there are no more hangings in the remaining days of 2011, the number of hanging in the current year will be 22% less than last year.
Analyzing the data further, the Statistics and Publications Unit has reported that since the beginning of the current Persian year (March 2011), 442 individuals have been sentenced to die, and 253 prisoners have been hanged.Amongst those executed, 39 individuals were hanged in public.In comparison to the same period of time last year, executions have increased 45%.
During the last twelve months, the relative frequency of death sentences carried out is mostly related to narcotics, murder, rape and theft in the order listed.Amongst those executed, there were 12 women.Furthermore, the majority of drug related death penalties have been issued in eastern provinces of Iran where narcotics are smuggled into the country from Afghanistan.
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One Afghan Citizen Hanged in Semnan, Iran
HRANA News Agency – one afghan citizen convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Semnan, Iran.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from local judiciary authorities, one afghan citizen convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Damghan Prison, Semnan, Iran, yesterday morning
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Photoreport: Five Public Executions in Yasouj, Iran
HRANA News Agency – This morning five prisoners convicted of rape were hanged publicly in Yasouj, Iran.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), today, eight in the morning, five prisoners convicted of rape were hanged publicly in Yasouj, Kohkilouye Province of Iran.
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Prisoner Hanged in Kashan, Iran
HRANA News Agency – A prisoner convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Kashan, Iran.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from IRIB News, a prisoner convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Kashan Central Prison om Monday, December 17, 2012.
IRGC Invites Kurds to Take up Arms Against PJAK
HRANA News Agency – The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) in Salmas County has published and distributed a pamphlet asking tribal forces and those living in border regions to fight against Kurdish Workers’ Party (PJAK).
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), IRGC has asked Kurdish citizens to begin an armed conflict against Kurdish Workers’ Party.IRGC agents have begun an orchestrated propaganda against PJAK by pressuring and threatened underprivileged citizens in the border regions to join the Basiji Milita in order to help the Islamic government to defeat PJAK.
In the pamphlet released by the Revolutionary Guard, IRGC warns the members and supporters of PJAK in Iran and says, “We ask courageous Kurds and honorable tribes in Salmas County not to tolerate injustice and oppression perpetrated by PJAK and to defend your honor, lives, properties, families and country by waging war against this group.Don’t remain silent until the last of these mercenaries are wiped off the face of this earth.”
According to the international rules of war and military engagement, civilians and their safety and security must not be endangered or threatened deliberately by the armed conflict between two adversaries.IRGC’s statement calling for armed confrontation between civilians and PJAK has militarized the region and has intentionally carried the current conflict into civilians’ lives.