Systematic violations of the right to life

Executions, arbitrary killings, deaths in custody, and death sentences

Execution

Iran executes prisoner after 11 years of jail

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-28-00-30-11/3100-1.html

Reza Mohajer, a prisoner in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison was hanged on the morning of August 2.

According to reports, this prisoner was transferred to a solitary cell yesterday in cellblock 6 and was hanged on Monday morning.

According to reports, he had been waiting for the death sentence for 11 years and had been taken to the gallows three times before this but his hanging was cancelled at the last minute. He was sentenced to death on charges of murder. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 2, 2010)

Iran hangs three people in Khuzestan

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Three prisoners were hanged on Saturday morning on July 31 on charges of trafficking narcotics.

According to reports, two of these people were convicted in a joint case in Dezful while the other person was hanged in the town of Behbahan.

The Khuzestan Prosecutor announced that the sentence for the two prisoners in Dezful was carried out in Dezful Prison. Their sentence was issued by the Dezful Revolutionary Court and carried out after being upheld by the Attorney General.

The person hanged in Behbahan was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Mahshahr which was then confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Notably, these sentences have not been confirmed by an independent source. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 3, 2010)

Iran hangs man in Behbahan

A man identified only by his initials as S.D was hanged in Behbahan on charges of buying narcotics.

According to the official Khuzestan Prosecutor’s website, on Saturday July 31, a person identified as S.D was hanged in the Behbahan Prison on charges of buying one kilogram of heroin and keeping 650 grams of heroin. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 5, 2010)

Iran hangs five others in Ahwaz 

The death sentence for five narcotics traffickers was carried out at noon in Ahwaz.

According to the Public Relactions Office of the Khuzestan Public Prosecutor’s Office, the death sentence for five narcotics traffickers was carried out in the Karoun Prison in Ahwaz and the convicts were hanged.

According to this report, M.M, M.J and Y.S were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court while S.A and A.R were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court in Izih. These sentences were carried out after they were upheld by the Attorney General. (Fars state-run News Agency – Aug. 7, 2010)

Arbitrary killing

Security forces kill 3 border tradesmen, injure 8 others

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21405

Border tradesmen in the Kani Rash Village were targeted yesterday by Revolutionary Guards Forces.

According to Kurdish sources, two local merchants were killed while eight others were severely wounded. An eyewitness said that the bodies of the two dead merchants are still left out in a mine field and security forces do not let anyone remove the bodies from the area.

According to other reports, another border merchant identified as Shamsoddin Jalibaqu was shot and killed in the Salmas region on July 29. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 1, 2010)

Death sentence

6 death row political prisoners kept in state of limbo

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After the Supreme Court denied a requested re-trial by the lawyer of death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi, and after his case was referred to the Sentence Implementation Department, the Keyhan state-run daily said that six prisoners are awaiting execution. Their families and lawyers have said that the state of their cases is unclear.

Abdolreza Qanbari, Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam, Ali Aqayari and Ali Saremi are some of these death row political prisoners.

Ali Aqayari’s lawyer, Mehdi Hojati, said, “The case of my client was referred to the Supreme Court with the case of Mr. Kazemi and I also requested a re-trial for my client but I have not received an answer and I still do not know if it has been refused or accepted”.

“My client’s case is in the 31^st branch of the Supreme Court and I went to the branch today to see about the state of my client’s case and I hope that in light of the evidence and documents that we presented they will accept our request for re-trial”.

Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam are a father and son who have been sentenced to death. The Tehran Prosecutor said before that this father and son and Abdolreza Qanbari had requested amnesty.

Meisam Daneshpour Moqadam, another son of Mohsen Daneshpour Moqadam said, “Despite the fact that the prosecutor announced that my father and brother had requested amnesty, their case is still in an undetermined state and we do not have any news on the results of the amnesty”.

“The sentence of my brother and father was confirmed by the court of review but unfortunately we have not seen the sentence and they have not given my father or brother or us a copy of the sentence so that we could send it to the Supreme Court and request a re-trial and we are still waiting to see about the result of the amnesty request”, he added.

“My mother’s lawyer is Mr. Sharif”, Meisam said. The death sentences for three of his other family members including his mother were lowered to prison terms.

“Despite all our efforts and the efforts of Dr. Sharif they have not allowed him to represent my father and brother. He sent his power of attorney inside the prison three times to be signed by my brother and father but unfortunately, the power of attorney never came out of prison”.

“Their cases are still in an undetermined state and they do not tell us anything. After the prosecutor announced that they had requested amnesty, 80 people were granted amnesty but my father and brother were not among them… We are extremely worried especially about my father who is 70 years old and is not even able to walk and others in the case testified in court that he was innocent. But it is very surprising that neither the initial court nor the court of review did not pay any heed to this matter and issued and upheld the sentence”, he added.

Abdolreza Qanbari, is a teacher who has been sentenced to death and the Tehran Prosecutor also said that he had requested amnesty.

A person close to him said, “We do not have any news on the results of the amnesty request and his case is in an undetermined state and we do not have a copy of the sentence to protest to the Supreme Court”.

“His lawyer was appointed for him and we do not even have any news on his lawyer”, he added.

“Unfortunately, Mr. Qanbari’s appointed lawyer is not from the Justice Department Lawyer Center and is a lawyer who got his permit from the Judiciary according to article 187 of the Economical Development Program and not from the Center of Lawyers and we do not even have access to him to see about the measures that have been taken or will be taken or even if he has a copy of the sentence so that we could request a re-trial. On the other hand we do not know about the circumstances of the amnesty request and we have not received any answers and are extremely worried”, he added. (Human Rights activists in Iran – August 1, 2010)

Iran sentences Bazaar merchant to death

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Javad Lari, a 55 year old political prisoner was sentenced to death by the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of waging war with God (moharebeh) and being corrupt on earth (fesade fel-arz).

This political prisoner’s trial was held on July 14. His initial charge was ‘acting against national security’ but he was charged with being a mohareb by Judge Salavati, the head of the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court and sentenced to ‘death without the possibility of amnesty’.

Javad Lari was jailed for three years in the 80’s for links to a dissident organization and was arrested on September 16, 2009 in his office…

Notably, this death row political prisoner intended to go to Camp Ashraf in 2008 to visit his old friends but was barred from entering Ashraf by Iraqi police and went back to Iran.

Javad Lari is a well known Bazaar Tehran merchant. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – August 2, 2010)

Prison transferred to solitary for execution

According to reports, prisoner Hamid Moqadas was taken to a solitary cell in Varamin Prison to await execution.

On Sunday, August 1, 24-year-old Moqadas was taken from Hall 3 Cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to a solitary cell in Varamin Prison to await his execution sentence which is to be carried out in public in the town of Varamin.

He has been jailed for close to 5 years in this prison and was sentenced to death on charges of killing a state security force officer.

The wave of executions in Iran goes on non-stop and recently most executions have been carried out in secret. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – August 2, 2010) 

Iran confirms sentence for another political prisoner

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21625

The death sentence for Mohammad Haj Aqayi which was issued by the Revolutionary Court on charges of ‘cooperating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization’ was confirmed by the court of review.

His lawyer has requested for an appeal saying that the Supreme Court is only qualified to see to death sentences. (Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 3, 2010)

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Prisoner in critical condition denied proper treatment

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_6064.html

According to reports, the physical state of prisoner Khaled Hardani was critical in the morning and he was taken to the Gohardasht Prison infirmary.

On Monday August 2 at about 4 am, his condition deteriorated in his solitary cell in cellblock 1 known as the ‘doghouse’ and he was kept in the cell in his condition until 9 am. He tried to call prison guards by knocking on his cell door to inform them about his critical condition but they paid no heed to his calls and requests.

At about 9 am when his condition became very critical he was taken to the infirmary. Despite his very poor physical health, he was once again taken back to his cell in the ‘doghouse’.

This prisoner suffers from heart palpitation, kidney hemorrhage, stomach problems and the extreme pain of these illnesses.

Hardani was attacked by a prison gang which takes orders from the head of cellblock 4 on July 22. He was then summoned by Mahmoud Moghnian, the head of cellblock 4, and was insulted and beaten before being transferred to a solitary cell in cellblock 1. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – August 2, 2010) 

Details of barbaric torture of social activist

Physical torture is a human rights violation that has been carried out against political prisoners from a very long time ago and because the media is focused on Tehran’s prisons, this inhumane treatment is being carried out much more violently in other towns especially in Kurdistan. The report below is an example of this brutal treatment of a Kurd prisoner named Ahmad Bob.

Ahmad Bob, is a social activist from Marivan who was jailed for 195 days in prison and was under severe physical and mental torture.

He was arrested on September 27, 2009 after agents of the Ministry of Intelligence broke down his home door and took him away with blindfolds without an arrest warrant. He was taken to a solitary cell in the Marivan Intelligence Agency. On the first night of his detainment he was interrogated and tortured without being formally charged…

In the first hours of detention, he had to confess that he was in contact with anti-revolutionary groups and had disrupted public order by bringing together people against the Islamic Republic. Since he was a civil rights and social activist, he did not accept any of the charges and did not give into confessing to lies and for this reason was tortured physically and mentally much more severely.

He was beaten with a military belt, kicked and punched by three people while shackled and blindfolded. His hands were then opened and while two people held his hands, another person opened his mouth and pulled out three of his front bottom teeth with pliers. 

This was done by first loosening the teeth with pliers and then pulling it out and was continued until Bob passed out. Broken teeth, teeth that were pulled out, bloody clothes, inability to speak, gum inflammation, a bruised skull as a result of baton strikes and bruised eyes were the conclusion of Ahmad Bob’s first day of detention…

Batons, logs, military belts, pliers and vulgar and insulting language were the tools used to torture him. He was usually interrogated and tortured from sunset until sunrise to force him to make false confessions. In the first 33 days of his detention, he was not given any kind of medical treatment.

He was forced to sit on his knees and then stand up 1000 times and when he did this 100 times, he would be forced to do it all over again because he had missed a number. They beat him so much with a military belt that he was unable to stand on his feet.

He would also be forced to stand up for a long period of time which would sometimes continue for 10 hours. He was threatened at gun point and was asked to choose which of his fingers he would prefer to be blown off first.

They would keep him in a standing position and would then drop the pliers from over his head on his toes and blood gushed out on his toenails with every strike. They insisted he confess that he spied for America in these tortures.

They also threatened him with rape saying that raping infidels was lawful. He would be forced to sit on a lit gas stove but was severely beaten for resisting.

Ahmad Bob spent 33 days of his incarceration in a solitary cell in Marivan where he was under severe torture. He was kept in a cell which was the size of a soldier’s army blanket and was allowed to use the restroom three times a day which was also the only time he had access to drinking water.

His interrogations usually started at noon or in the afternoon and continued until the next morning and he was denied food in this time. He also was not given anything to wash himself

with in these 33 days and was also deprived of bathing facilities. He was sometimes forced to crawl to the bathroom because of his severe weakened state. After 33 days, he was allowed to bathe but because of his physical condition and weakness he was only able to wash his hair with the help of a soldier.

After being transferred to Sanandaj Prison, he was kept in the quarantine section for 14 days where he was treated because he was suffering from skin diseases, gum infection and hemorrhage. He was then transferred to a solitary cell in the Sanandaj Intelligence Prison where he was interrogated and once again tortured.

He was tortured for refusing to make false confessions on television. He was laid on a bed and his hands were handcuffed to the bed along with his legs and toes. Then they started to whip the bottom of his feet while reciting the Quran.

He passed out a number of times under the strikes but was revived with water and the lashing continued. He could not control his urine in this time and vomited and was forced to wash the dirty blanket on the torture bed in his cell. According to his interrogators he was whipped 320 times.

The sounds that were played for him for three consecutive days via a headphone abused and tormented him. After four months and 20 days they told him to write his will because he was to be hanged.

He was taken to a room that same day which according to his interrogator was used for execution. He was forced to stand on a chair with wheels under a noose and forced to pull the noose around his neck. He was then handcuffed and shackled. This political prisoner was interrogated in this position and pressured into making false confessions.

After an hour, he was brought out from the noose. According to Bod at that time his whole body was wet and he was unable to stand up and fell to the ground like a corpse. 

In one of the interrogations, his interrogator put out his cigarette on his elbow and told him that it was a memento to remember him by. 

Interrogators of the Intelligence Agency took him by the tongue with pliers and pulled him around the room which rendered him unable to speak for four days. He was forced to make animal noises while moving on the ground on his hands and feet in the interrogation room. When he refused to do this, he was severely beaten again. They drilled holes in both soles of his feet and the signs of this barbaric torture are still evident on his feet. Being hanged from his legs was another form of torture carried out on Ahmad Bob.

In the five months of his incarceration, he was only allowed to call his family once. He was told to tell his family to come to visit him in prison. This is while his family was not allowed to visit him when they came to prison and instead his pregnant wife was interrogated for five hours. After 155 days, he was taken to the Marivan Public Prison. In this time, he did not have access to a lawyer.

He cannot easily walk because of the torture and the nerves on the bottom of his feet have been severely damaged. After 165 days of incarceration along with torture, he was released from prison on a 700 million rial (about 70,000 dollar) bail. His case is currently open in the first branch of the Marivan Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Lotfi. Until now, one trial was held for him with the presence of his lawyer, Khalil Bahramian, and the next trial is to be held on August 21.

According to Ahmad Bob, he has been charged with being a member of an anti-revolutionary group and spying for America. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 2, 2010)

نقض سيستماتيك بر امر حق زيستن 

اعدام و محكوم به اعدام

اعدام 

يک زنداني پس از يازده سال حبس اعدام شد

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-28-00-30-11/3100-1.html

رضا مهاجر زنداني محبوس در زندان رجايي شهر کرج، صبح گاه امروز يازدهم مرداد ماه اعدام شد.

بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، اين زنداني که از روز گذشته به سلول انفرادي بند 6 اين زندان منتقل شده بود، صبح دوشنبه در زندان رجايي شهر کرج اعدام شد.

گفته مي شود رضا مهاجر يازده سال است که منتظر اجراي حکم اعدام مي باشد و تاکنون سه بار به پاي چوبه ي دار رفته بود اما در آخرين لحظات از اعدام آن صرف نظر شد. اين زنداني به اتهام ارتکاب قتل به اعدام محکوم شده بود. (هرانا – 11/5/89)

سه نفر در خوزستان اعدام شدند

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-28-00-30-11/3123-1.html

سه شهروند صبحگاه شنبه نهم مرداد ماه، به جرم قاچاق مواد مخدر در خوزستان توسط مقامات قضايي به دار آويخته شدند.

بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، دو تن از اين افراد که داراي پرونده اي مشترک بودند در شهرستان "دزفول" و يک تن از ايشان در شهرستان "بهبهان" اعدام شدند.

دادگستري استان خوزستان اعلام کرده حکم دو اعدامي دزفول که در محل زندان دزفول به اجرا در آمده است از سوي دادگاه انقلاب دزفول صادر و پس از تاييد از سوي دادستاني کشور، به اجرا در درآمده است.

هم چنين شهروندي که در بهبهان اعدام شده نيز از سوي دادگاه انقلاب ماهشهر مستقر در بهبهان به اعدام محکوم شد و حکم صادره درخصوص وي از سوي ديوان عالي کشور نيز تاييد شده است.

شايان ذکر است که احکام اين سه تن توسط مرجع مستقلي تاييد نشده است. (هرانا – 12/89)

يک نفر در بهبهان به دار آويخته شد 

 يک مرد به نام ص. د در بهبهان به جرم خريد مواد مخدر اعدام شد.

بنابه گزارش سايت رسمي دادگستري خوزستان شنبه ۹ مرداد ماه يک نفر به نام ص. د به اتهام خريد يک کيلوگرم مواد مخدر از نوع هروئين و حمل ۶۵۰ گرم از هروئين خريدارى شده بهصورت انبارى، در محل زندان بهبهان بهدار آويخته شد.  (هرانا – 14/5/89)

قتل خودسرانه 

2 کشته و 8 زخمي در پي تيراندازي سپاه پاسداران به سوي کاسبکاران کرد

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21405

روز گذشته، کول‏برها و کاسبکاران مرزي روستاي “کاني‏رش” در دامنه‏هاي قنديل واقع در مناطق مرزي از سوي نيروهاي سپاه پاسداران مورد حمله قرار گرفتند.

به گزارش منابع کردي، در پي حمله به کاسبکاران بومي اين منطقه دو تن از آنها کشته و ۸ نفر ديگر نيز به شدت زخمي شدند.

يکي از شاهدين محل مي‌گويد: اجساد کشته‏شده دو نفر از کاسبکاران هنوز در ميادين مين افتاده و نيروهاي ايران اجازه خارج کردن آنها را از مطقه نمي‏دهند.

از سوي ديگر خبرها حاکي از کشته شدن يک کاسبکار ديگر در شامگاه پنجشنبه هفتم مرداد ماه در منطقه سلماس است.

در نتيجه اين حمله شهروندي به نام “شمس‏الدين جلي‏باقو” از اهالي روستاي “خوناوين” کشته شد.(رهانا – 10/5/89)

حكم اعدام

تکليف پرونده هاي شش زنداني سياسي محکوم به اعدام مشخص نيست

http://www.hra-news6.info/00/3066-1.html

تاييد حکم اعدام محمدحاج آقايي در دادگاه تجديد نظر

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21625

حکم اعدام محمدحاج آقايي که در دادگاه انقلاب به اتهام «همکاري با سازمان مجاهدين خلق» صادر شده بود، در دادگاه تجديد نظر تاييد شده است.

در همين رابطه، وکيل وي درخواست تجديد نظر داده است و در درخواست‌اش معترض بوده که ديوان عالي‌ کشور صلاحيت رسيدگي به احکامي چون اعدام را دارد. (رهانا – 12/5/89)

بازداشت 2 شهروند کرد و ضرب و شتم آنها توسط نيروهاي امنيتي 

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-25-54/3163-1.html

دو شهروند کرد به نامهاي کاميل سالم و مجيد شفيعي اهل روستاي قه لو ليانا از توابع سارال ديواندره هفته گذشته توسط نيروهاي اطلاعات سپا شبانه در منزل پدريشان دستگير ميشوند.

دستگيريهاي خودسرانه 

دستگيريهاي سياسي

حسين سرشومي، از دانشجويان طيف چپ بازداشت شد

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-26-23/3075-1.html

حسين سرشومي از دانشجويان طيف چپ دانشگاه اصفهان طي روزهاي گذشته بازداشت شده است.

از علت و محل بازداشت اين دانشجوي آزادي خواه و برابري طلب تا اين لحظه اطلاع دقيقي در دست نمي باشد.

اين فعال دانشجويي پيش تر سه بار ديگر بازداشت شده است. (هرانا – 10/5/89)

بازداشت ۳ تن از اعضاي يک خانواده در بانه 

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21882

درشهر بانه‌ سه‌ نفر ازاعضاي يک خانواده توسط نيروهاي امنيتي دستگير شدند.

جلال رنجبري از فعالان ستاد موسوي به‌ همراه‌ دو فرزندش، هژير رنجبري دانشجوي جامعه‌ شناسي دانشگاه‌ تبريز و هاوژين رنجبري مغازه‌دار‌ دستگير شده اند.

به گزارش سايت اخبار روز، از علت بازداشت آن‌ها اطلاعي در دست نيست.

جلال رنجبري درسال هاي دهه‌ شصت نيز زنداني بوده و در سال ۶۷ از زندان آزاد شد. (رهانا – 14/5/89)

زندان

شرايط زندان

چهار زنداني اعتصاب کننده اوين به بهداري منتقل شدند

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-27-21/3074-1.html

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