Systematic violations of the right to life

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

Execution

Iran hangs three men: report

Iran hanged on Monday two men convicted of drug trafficking and another found guilty of murder, in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Fars news agency reported.

The men were only identified in the report by their initials as A. Gh., S.F., Gh. J. (AFP - Sept 20, 2010)

Iran hangs three in Yazd: report

Iran has hanged three men who were found guilty of drug trafficking, in a prison in the central city of Yazd, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

The report did not say when the executions were carried out. (AFP - Sept 21, 2010)

Prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison

http://www.hra-news.org/1389-01-28-00-30-11/4080-1.html

On Sunday, September 19, a man was executed in Zahedan Prison on charges of murder.

According to the official website of the Sistan and Baluchistan Judiciary, on the dawn of September 19, a prisoner identified as Keshvar Gorgi was hanged in Zahedan Prison.

According to this report, he was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering a 6 year old girl named Narjis. This charge has not been confirmed by any independent sources. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 21, 2010)

Iran executes 2 in Kerman and Isfahan 

http://www.iranhr.net/spip.php?article1841

According to reports from Iran, two people were hanged in Kerman and Isfahan.

The state-run Kayhan daily wrote today that a person was executed in the town of Aran & Bidgol in Isfahan. According to this report, this person (name unknown) was convicted of carrying and possessing narcotics.

According to another report in the official website of the Kerman Judiciary, Majid Sh. who was arrested in 2007 and was sentenced to death by the Kerman Penal Court was executed after his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court and the head of the judiciary. (Iran Human Rights – Sep. 22, 2010)

Iran hangs 3 prisoners in Isfahan Central Prison

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/09/3.html

According to reports, the death sentence of three prisoners in the Central Isfahan Prison in Dastgerd was carried out.

On Tuesday, September 21, three prisoners from cellblock 3 in this prison who have been awaiting their death sentence for years were executed. These prisoners were Alireza Baqeri, Mohsen Goudarzi and Rasoul Mir Safa. They were all under 30 years old and were sentenced to death on narcotics charges. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Sep. 23, 2010)

Iran hangs man: report

Iran has hanged a man convicted of rape in a prison in the southern city of Kerman, the ISNA news agency reported on Friday.

The report identified the man sent to the gallows as Majid D., without saying when the execution took place or providing further information. (AFP - Sept 24, 2010)

Arbitrary killing

Iran kills another young man under torture

Naser Alizadeh, a Kurd man from a village in Salmas who was arrested last Monday along with a number of other people by security forces, died after being tortured.

He had gone to the border for mountain climbing with a number of other people last Monday when he was arrested by security forces.

Naser Alizadeh passed away on Thursday September 16 under severe torture by security forces and his body was handed to his family for burial on Friday.

Notably, regime forces have threatened his family that they cannot hold a mourning ceremony for him.

Alizadeh was a soldier in Tehran who had come back to his village on a leave and was arrested on charges of cooperating with a dissident Kurd party. (Kurdistan News Agency – Sep. 20, 2010)

Death sentence

Father of Iranian blogging faces death penalty: watchdog

ACanadian-Iranian blogger credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran faces the death penalty over his writings, two watchdog groups said Thursday.

Hossein Derakhshan was arrested after returning to Iran in November 2008 and charged with 'collaborating with enemy states, creating propaganda against the Islamic regime, insulting religious sanctity, and creating propaganda for anti-revolutionary groups,' said Canadian journalists for free expression (CJFE) and pen Canada.

According to the two organizations, prosecutors are now calling for Derakhshan to face the death penalty after he was convicted by Tehran’s revolutionary court earlier this year.

News of the sentencing request started filtering out on social media sites on Monday, and the CJFE and pen said they confirmed the reports with his family.

‘The proposed sentence is a travesty,' said CJFE president Arnold amber, calling on the Canadian government to intervene.

‘Action must be taken right away because in Iran there is not necessarily a lengthy period before executions can be carried out. We are very concerned,' he added…

Derakhshan is the third Canadian journalist to be arrested in Iran in recent years. In July 2003, Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died in prison and Newsweek correspondent Maziarbahari was briefly detained earlier this year. (AFP – Sep. 23, 2010)

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Iran beats human rights activist in prison

http://www.hra-news.org/1389-01-27-05-27-21/4035-1.html

On the night of September 17, Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, journalist and human rights activist was severely beaten in Ahwaz Prison.

In this incident, a person named Qoldori who is prison personnel attacked Abedini and severely abused and harassed him.

According to reports, this journalist was waiting in line to use the restroom in the prison yard when this person attacked him for no reason and shackled his hands and legs to a pole in the yard of cellblock 6. He was beaten with a pipe for hours.

The beatings were so severe that Abedini’s hands and legs were

Father of Iranian blogging faces death penalty: watchdog

ACanadian-Iranian blogger credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran faces the death penalty over his writings, two watchdog groups said Thursday.

Hossein Derakhshan was arrested after returning to Iran in November 2008 and charged with 'collaborating with enemy states, creating propaganda against the Islamic regime, insulting religious sanctity, and creating propaganda for anti-revolutionary groups,' said Canadian journalists for free expression (CJFE) and pen Canada.

According to the two organizations, prosecutors are now calling for Derakhshan to face the death penalty after he was convicted by Tehran’s revolutionary court earlier this year.

News of the sentencing request started filtering out on social media sites on Monday, and the CJFE and pen said they confirmed the reports with his family.

‘The proposed sentence is a travesty,' said CJFE president Arnold amber, calling on the Canadian government to intervene.

‘Action must be taken right away because in Iran there is not necessarily a lengthy period before executions can be carried out. We are very concerned,' he added…

Derakhshan is the third Canadian journalist to be arrested in Iran in recent years. In July 2003, Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died in prison and Newsweek correspondent Maziarbahari was briefly detained earlier this year. (AFP – Sep. 23, 2010)

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Iran beats human rights activist in prison

http://www.hra-news.org/1389-01-27-05-27-21/4035-1.html

On the night of September 17, Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, journalist and human rights activist was severely beaten in Ahwaz Prison.

In this incident, a person named Qoldori who is prison personnel attacked Abedini and severely abused and harassed him.

According to reports, this journalist was waiting in line to use the restroom in the prison yard when this person attacked him for no reason and shackled his hands and legs to a pole in the yard of cellblock 6. He was beaten with a pipe for hours.

The beatings were so severe that Abedini’s hands and legs were

completely blackened and bruised. None of the prison officials are answering his protests to this issue.

This human rights activist has been sentenced to 11 years of prison and is suffering from a severe heart problem. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 18, 2010)

Jailed teacher in critical condition in prison denied treatment

Death row political prisoner Abdolreza Qanbari is suffering from bleeding in his kidney and is in poor physical condition.

Despite his constant moaning at night, prison officials pay no attention to his condition and refuse to give him treatment.

Qanbari was arrested after Ashura events (December 27, 2009) and was sentenced to death on charges of having links to the PMOI by the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Qazi Salavati. This sentence was upheld by the 36^th branch of the court of review headed by Judge Zargar and was announced to the Sentence Implementation Department.

This teacher has said that the charges against him were baseless. His wife who is also a teacher has been constantly threatened by the Ministry of Intelligence that she would be fired. Qanbari is currently in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. Sahel Qanbari, his daughter is in bad spirits after hearing of her father’s death sentence.

His family did not give any interviews to the media regarding the condition of this political prisoner because of pressures from the Ministry of Intelligence. (Rouz Website – Sep. 22, 2010)

Father of Iranian blogging faces death penalty: watchdog

ACanadian-Iranian blogger credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran faces the death penalty over his writings, two watchdog groups said Thursday.

Hossein Derakhshan was arrested after returning to Iran in November 2008 and charged with 'collaborating with enemy states, creating propaganda against the Islamic regime, insulting religious sanctity, and creating propaganda for anti-revolutionary groups,' said Canadian journalists for free expression (CJFE) and pen Canada.

According to the two organizations, prosecutors are now calling for Derakhshan to face the death penalty after he was convicted by Tehran’s revolutionary court earlier this year.

News of the sentencing request started filtering out on social media sites on Monday, and the CJFE and pen said they confirmed the reports with his family.

‘The proposed sentence is a travesty,' said CJFE president Arnold amber, calling on the Canadian government to intervene.

‘Action must be taken right away because in Iran there is not necessarily a lengthy period before executions can be carried out. We are very concerned,' he added…

Derakhshan is the third Canadian journalist to be arrested in Iran in recent years. In July 2003, Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died in prison and Newsweek correspondent Maziarbahari was briefly detained earlier this year. (AFP – Sep. 23, 2010)

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Iran beats human rights activist in prison

http://www.hra-news.org/1389-01-27-05-27-21/4035-1.html

On the night of September 17, Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, journalist and human rights activist was severely beaten in Ahwaz Prison.

In this incident, a person named Qoldori who is prison personnel attacked Abedini and severely abused and harassed him.

According to reports, this journalist was waiting in line to use the restroom in the prison yard when this person attacked him for no reason and shackled his hands and legs to a pole in the yard of cellblock 6. He was beaten with a pipe for hours.

The beatings were so severe that Abedini’s hands and legs were

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