BBC | September 30, 2010 There has been an international outcry over the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery. There have been reports that she now faces being hanged for the murder of her husband, but others suggesting that the stoning sentence [...]
Tag Archives: Execution
Ottawa Citizen: Judging Iran
Hossein Derakhshan is a writer. He is a Canadian-Iranian. He is in a jail cell in Iran, facing execution. This is intolerable.
P2E: More than 70 Prisoners Suddenly Executed in Mashhad
Note from IranNewsNow: While multiple sources are reporting this story, we have not independently confirmed it. Persian2English | August 14, 2010 Persian Report by DANESHJOO NEWS Translation SIAVOSH JALILI for Persian2English There are reports that in the past few days more than 70 people detained in Mashhad prison were executed suddenly and without prior notice. [...]
CSM: Hillary Clinton to Iran: stop using death penalty so much
Christian Science Monitor | August 10, 2010 by Howard LaFranchi Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday added her voice to the growing international chorus condemning what Iranian human rights activists say is expanding use of execution as almost routine punishment in Iran. The high-profile case Secretary Clinton cited in a statement is that [...]
AFP: EU urges Iran to halt woman’s stoning execution
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Tuesday to stop the execution of three people including a woman who faces death by stoning for adultery.
Breaking Video: People free two men from execution in Zanjan
The following amazing video has surfaced showing a crowd of observers of a regime organized execution freeing the prisoners, who are already hanging. You can see them storming a truck while the sound of gunfire is heard, and the cutting the prisoners loose. Apparently the prisoners escaped but were picked up and executed later. (source [...]
Iran’s Dissident Cleric, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Passed Away
NOTE: This is a live-blog article in which updates are being made in real-time as information comes in. To read this in chronological order, read from the bottom up.
Iran ‘executes Kurdish activist’
Iran ‘executes Kurdish activist’ A Kurdish opposition activist convicted of carrying weapons and working against national security has been executed in western Iran, local media have said. Kordestan province judiciary chief Ali Akbar Gharoussi told the semi-official Fars news agency that Ehsan Fatahian had been hanged in Sanandaj prison. Human rights groups said Mr Fatahian [...]
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