Highest number of monthly executions in several years in Iran
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Number of exections:
- At least 71 people were executed in Iran in July 2008. 65 of the executions were announced by the official governmental media, while 6 of the executions were reported by the Human Rights activists in Iran.
Mass executions:
- 29 people were executed in Tehran’s Evin prison on July 27. This is the highest number of executions taken place in a single day in many years.
Execution of minor offenders:
- Two minor offenders identified as Hassan Mozaffari and Rahman Shahidi were executed in Bushehr on July 22. Several human rights organizations, among them "Iran Human rights", in a joint statement condemned the mass hangings of 29 people in Tehran, as well as execution of the two minors in Bushehr on July 22.
Public hangings:
- 10 people were hanged in public (four in Borazjan and 6 in Sabzevar), after several months without public hangings.
Public floggings:
- At least 2 public floggings were reported in the Iranian media. In one of the cases 5 men were flogged 71 times each. In the other case one man was flogged 70 times, but flogging of the other man was halted due to public protests
This report doesn’t include arbitrary arrestations and maltreatment of the prisoners that have taken place in July and that other organizations have reported.
A new list of more than 130 minor offenders on the death row in Iran was published on July 9, along with a joint statement from 20 human rights organizations calling for immediate enforcement of international prohibition on death penalty for juvenile offenders
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maniology
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Daubview, I have no Agenda with Iran, this is just an article that I found interesting since I am of Iranian descent. I also thought that the point of current was to post articles that we find interesting and bring those to this forum.
I also do think that you are wrong, public executions and disregard of human life is a major problem for the rest of the world. Weather the fault of the government or the culture of a nation, once the devaluation and humiliation of life becomes acceptable to any group of people then the rest of the world should be worried, especially if that group is on the verge of nuclear weapons.
I urge you to look at some of the reasons why these people are being executed and you will find that alot are for simple things such as homosexuality, self defense and adultery. Things that im sure you will agree should not be punishable at all.
As far as the people of Iran agreeing with their leaders I think that again that you are wrong.Do a simple Google search for imprisoned Iranian activist and you will see how many journalists, activists and even people who were around a protest are spending indefinite sentences at the infamous Evin prison.
As far as Iran's universal suffrage goes. If you really believe in the people of Iran's right to vote then you should know two things. Firstly that the elected president of Iran is not the highest ranking official in the country. The highest ranking official in Iran is the supreme leader who sits for a life term, and he is not voted into office by the people and has veto power over all things. Secondly you should know that the nominees that the people are allowed to vote for have to be approved by Iran's guardian council before they can run, and that guardian council is overseen by the supreme leader.
So in the end you have a group of people who cant vote in fair elections and are persecuted if they rise up against it and your idea is to ignore it all since its their problem and not the rest of the worlds.
I don't think you sound cold only misinformed. Also if you check you will see that I have posted more than 2 articles on current, but then again checking just might not be your thing.
- 3 years ago
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maniology
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Daubview
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Maniology this is one of two articles that you have posted on this site, do you have an agenda with Iran?
I must just say that this is not the fault of the Iranian government, it's a culture of a people, If the people of Iran want these so called "honour killings" and death-by-noose executions to come to an end, then it is their responsibility to make their leaders aware of this, don't make this a problem for the rest of the world, it's a problem for the people of Iran, afterall, Iran is a democratic state by universal suffrage isn't it?
I know that I might sound a bit cold to what is happening there looking at the pictures, but surely the people who understand this kind of justice are the Iranians and therefore they have the authority to speak out against it or for it.
- 3 years ago
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Daubview
