Iran brutally suppresses Iranian Sunnis in Saqez

According to reports, Special Guards Forces, Security Forces and plainclothes agents attacked Sunni residents of Saqez and followers of Alameh Mofti Zadeh (Quran Academy) and arrested at least 10 Sunnis.

On Thursday and Friday night, August 19 and 20, Special Guards, Intelligence, and Security Forces, and plainclothes agents attacked a Sunni Ramadan ceremony which was being held in the homes of the followers of Ahmad Moftizadeh (Quran Academy). They were attacked and punched and kicked and beaten with clubs and six people were arrested and taken to unknown locations.

Also at 2 pm on Thursday, August 19, security and intelligence agents entered the homes of these people without a legal warrant and confiscated personal belongings of the detainees including their CDs, books, booklets, pictures, construction documents, national cards, medical services booklets, id cards and car ownership documents among other things. 

On August 21 intelligence and security agents once again stormed the homes of the detainees and arrested another 4 people taking them to unknown locations.

For the third time from 5 to 11 pm, at least 1000 Special Guards Forces, plainclothes agents, traffic police and even female riot police surrounded the homes of these people and terrorized the women and children and other defenseless persons. They stormed the residential buildings and broke the windows and doors.

On August 26, from 5 to 8:30 pm, security forces once again surrounded the area where these people were holding their religious ceremony and prevented the ceremony. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 1, 2010)

Iran arrests man and two Kurd teenagers in Kurdistan

On the early morning of August 31, security forces stormed the Ney Village in Kurdistan’s Marivan and arrested three Kurd citizens.

According to reports, Amir Kaveh, 22, Mokhtar Afra, 17, and Mosleh Badakhsh, 17 were arrested and immediately taken to the Marivan Intelligence Department.

Intelligence agents have not announced any charges that would have led to their arrest. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 1, 2010)

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani subjected to mock execution

Her son Sajad says she was told she would be hanged at dawn on Sunday and visits by her family and lawyer have been denied

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on Saturday that she was to be hanged at dawn on Sunday, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.

Mohammadi Ashtiani wrote her will and embraced her cellmates in Tabriz prison just before the call to morning prayer, when she expected to be led to the gallows, her son Sajad told the Guardian.

"Pressure from the international community has so far stopped them from carrying out the sentence but they're killing her every day by any means possible," he said.

The mock execution came days after prison authorities denied family and legal visits to Mohammadi Ashtiani. Her children were told she was unwilling to meet them while she was told, also falsely, that no one had come to visit her.

Sajad, 22, heard the latest evidence of psychological pressure on his mother when he spoke to her by phone yesterday. "They are furious with the international outcry over my mother's case so they are taking revenge on her," he said. "The more the pressure comes from outside Iran, the more they mistreat her."

Protest rallies highlighting her plight were held in 100 cities on Saturday.

Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, was flogged 99 times for having an "illicit relationship outside marriage" in 2006 but another court reviewed her case after her husband was murdered. She was acquitted of murder but found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning.

Since her case has captured world attention, Iranian officials have claimed she was an accomplice to the murder of her husband although her government-appointed lawyer, Houtan Kian, has accused the government of inventing charges against her.

Sajad said he believes the only reason his mother is still alive is because of the international campaign for her release. "I beg everybody in the world to continue their support for my mother. That is the only way she might be spared from the death sentence," he said.

In a visit to Iran's judiciary office in his home town today, Sajad was told that the file on his father's murder case has been lost. "They are lying about the charges against my mother. She was acquitted of murdering my father but now the government is building up their own story against her."

Last week, Kian's house was ransacked by plain-clothes officials and his documents, including one which shows Sakineh was acquitted of her husband's murder, were confiscated. Since then, they have been unable to find a copy of the sentence. "They are destroying all our evidence," Sajad said. "They were not unusual documents and evidence. They were just the official documents of my mother's sentence. They want to destroy them all because they know there are lots of discrepancies and contradictions in them."

Among them is the fact that no-one has been named as being involved in her putative extramarital relationship.

Mina Ahadi of Iran Committee against Stoning (ICAS) said: "Look how easily they are accusing and insulting Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and you would realise how bad they are treating Sakineh and women in general in Iran and how they can build up dossier against people out of nothing and sentence them to death by stoning."

France, meanwhile, protested to Iran over a hardline newspaper which described Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, as a "prostitute." Bruni-Sarkozy had condemned Mohammadi Ashtiani's sentence.

The foreign ministry in Paris said it was "unacceptable" for Keyhan to have said she was "proud of her immoral acts" and "deserved to die". Iran's foreign ministry spokesman urged the media to avoid "inappropriate and insulting words." (The Guardian – Aug. 31, 2010)

The Committee of Human Rights Reporters:Committee of Human Rights Reporters: After 52 days of hunger strike, political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi met with his wife today. He was brought into the visitation room in a wheelchair. His wife reported his condition to be critical and he is unable to open his eyes.

Arzhang Davoodi suffers from physical weakness, a drop in blood pressure, and is unable to speak. His family and friends have expressed extreme worry on these matters.

The meeting occurred on a Thursday, the day male prisoners are allowed visits. It is believed that he was allowed the visit since his physical condition is so critical.

Arzhang Davoodi launched a hunger strike to protest against the confiscation of his family’s home by "experts or interrogators."

Political prisoner dies from cancer; denied on-time treatment

Kaveh Kordi Moqadam, a Kurd political prisoners from Ashnavieh who was serving his time in Orumieh Prison passed away yesterday on August 29 in Orumieh Hospital.

According to reports, this political prisoner who suffered from stomach and lung cancer was granted a medical leave one month ago to receive treatment, but passed away because of the delay in treatment.

Doctors had warned about his critical condition from a long time ago and had told officials that he had to be under the care of a hospital and treated by specialists but prison officials refused to grant him a medical leave until a month ago.

Kaveh Kordi Moqadam was arrested in 2008 on charges of ‘acting against national security’ and was sentenced to 3 years of prison by the first branch of the Orumieh Revolutionary Court. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 30, 2010)

Another innocent border tradesman fatally shot by security forces; more than 900 tradesmen murdered by security forces last year

Security forces in the Hassan Salaran Base in Saqez shot and killed 20 year old Mohammad Khoda Rahmi and severely injured Anvar Khoda Rahmi after they opened fire on their automobile. Anvar Khoda Rahmi was taken to this town’s general hospital.

According to reports from the Saqez Information Center, security forces claimed that they opened fire on these two citizens because they were carrying smuggled goods in their automobile. This is while villagers from several villages have announced that they are willing to testify in court that these two men were not smugglers and were going to Saqez from their village for automobile maintenance.

Last year, more than 900 border tradesmen and carriers were shot and killed by security forces. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 31, 2010)

Iran tortures two Azeri activists in Tabriz

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Eunice Soleimani, the former editor of Ildrim student publication in the Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan and Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu were tortured in the Tabriz Intelligence Detention Center.

Yusef Soleimani, the brother of this student activist said, “In the visit I had with my brother on August 25 in Tabriz Prison I realized that he was given electric shocks and injected with mind altering drugs”.

According to Eunice’s brother, he suffered heart problems as a result of the torture and was hospitalized in the Sepah Hospital in Tabriz for three days.

A number of Azeri activists in the Tabriz Intelligence Detention Center told their families in visits that Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu was also tortured and that they could hear him crying out while being tortured by agents.

Biglu has not had any contact with his family in the past month and his family have requested from the fourth branch of the Tabriz Revolutionary and Public Court to visit him and see his face but Judge Hashem Zadeh who is seeing to his case has announced that due to the security nature of the case, he cannot allow his family to see him.

Eunice Soleiman was arrested on June 17, 2009 in Ardabil and Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu was arrested on May 10, 2010 in the town of Sufian. Judicial sources have not announced their charges. (Savalan Sassi Website – Aug. 31, 2010)

Iran arrests Kurd poet and writer

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Behzad Kurdistani, a renowned poet in Kurdistan was arrested yesterday by intelligence agents near his home in the town of Marivan.

There is no information on why he was arrested or his whereabouts.

This Kurd writer was summoned several times before this by the Marivan Intelligence Agency where he was interrogated. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 26, 2010)

Tehran Prosecutor says improper veiling is a crime

The Tehran Prosecutor stressed that improper veiling is a crime and said, “Providing the security of the society should be the main and most important duty of all institutions and supervising organizations and countering crimes related to social security should not be limited to security and judicial apparatuses”…

The Prosecutor of Tehran believes that new technology and the cyber environment is actually more in line with promoting ‘corruption’ than leading to progress.

Jafari also cited seriously dealing with illegal CD sellers and parties which are called ‘immoral’.

“Despite the fact that these kinds of crimes are few in numbers, but even this low number can harm the society’s security”, he added. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 25, 2010)

Jailed human rights lawyer denied due process

The sentence of Mohammad Oliayi Far has not been announced to him and therefore his case cannot be seen to in a court of review.

The wife of lawyer and prisoner of conscience Shohreh Taqati, said, “My husband has been jailed for close to five months for giving interviews to foreign media on charges of propagating against the government and currently the number of phone calls from prison are very few”.

“In our opinion this charge (propagating against the government) is wrong because there has not been propagation against the government. After my husband had a number of interviews on the execution of children under 18, especially in the case of Behnoud Shojayi, they filed a complaint against him and made a criminal record for him even as he had expressed his views about his profession”.

Mohammad Oliayi Far, lawyer and former head of the Research and Education Unit of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, was arrested on March 8, 2010 after he was summoned to the Tehran Revolutionary Court to serve his one year sentence on charges of propagating against the government by giving interviews to foreign media and insulting the judiciary. He was sentenced to one year of prison on February 7, 2010 by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of propagating against the government after protesting the execution of minor offender Behnoud Shojayi.

Shohreh Taqati also expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that her husband’s sentence was not announced to him and said, “My husband’s sentence was not announced to him and therefore there is no way for his case to be reviewed in court”. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Aug. 26, 2010)

Human rights activist in Mashhad says 300 people were secretly executed in prison

A human rights activist said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that hundreds of prisoners have been hanged in secret mass executions in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad without the knowledge of their families or lawyers. According to this activist, there are 2,100 death row prisoners in this prison who are waiting to be executed in speedy, secret, mass executions.

After reports on the mass executions of prisoners in Vakil Abad Prison yesterday, a human rights activist said that in the past few weeks he has talked to the families of those who were executed and has obtained information on these executions in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad.

According to this human rights activist who asked not to be named for security reasons, in the past few months at least 300 prisoners who were mostly convicted of selling narcotics were executed in Vakil Abad prison and hundreds more are awaiting execution. According to this activist, most of those who were executed or are on death row have been charged in drug related cases and a small number have been sentenced to retribution (for murder).

“In Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, there are more than 2,100 convicts on death row and most of them are kept in various halls in cellblock 5 in this prison. Mass executions are carried out secretly in groups of 30 to 70 in cellblock 6.1 in this prison”, the activist said.

“These executions are reportedly carried out under the order and with the official announcement of Iran’s Attorney General Mohsen Ejeyi. In light of the pressure by human rights institutions, these executions are being carried out in secret in the prisons of towns (outside of Tehran)”, the source added.

This source also stressed that the prisoners and their families had absolutely no knowledge of the executions from before and said, “Even the prisoners did not know that their sentence was going to be carried out and only a few hours before the executions, they would be transferred from the cell under various excuses and would then be executed shortly after that without the knowledge of their families or lawyers… For example on April 8, 2010, 35 prisoners were secretly executed but official sources only announced the execution of 5 prisoners. In most cases, these mass secret executions are not reported in the official media”.

This human rights activist also said that at least 150 prisoners were secretly executed in the last 6 months of the Persian year of 1388 (from late September 2008 to late March 2010).

“In the last month, the numbers of executions have more than doubled and for example in the past couple of weeks between 60 to 70 people were secretly executed every Wednesday or Thursday”.

“Last Wednesday on August 18, 67 people were executed in cellblock 6.1 in Vakil Abad Prison and three weeks before that 70 others were executed in a mass execution”.

“The number of death row prisoners who are kept only in cellblock 5 in Vakil Abad are as follows:

Hall 101, Cellblock 5 – about 800 people

Hall 102, Cellblock 5 – more than 600 people

Hall 103, Cellblock 5 – more than 100 people

Hall 104, Cellblock 5 - more than 100 people”

He also said that this week and the weeks to come hundreds of prisoners are to be executed.

“These mass executions will be carried out regularly every Wednesday in the month of Ramadan in cellblock 6.1 which is run by the Intelligence Unit of the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad”, this activist said. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Aug. 25, 2010)

Iran arrests former head of university

Dr. Amir-Hossein Shiravi, the former head of the Jondi Shapour University in Dezful who is also a member of the Science Committee of this university was arrested early morning on August 22 in his home in Dezful in the province of Khuzestan.

According to reports, forces of the Intelligence Agency in Dezful confiscated his laptop computer and other personal documents after searching his home and then arrested him.

Shiravi was a political activist in Khuzestan Province and one of the heads of Mir Hossein Moussavi’s election staff who was detained one week after the elections and was then released.

There is still no information on why he was arrested or his physical and mental state. (Jaras Website – Aug. 25, 2010)

Family of slain student threatened not to talk to media

According to reports, the intelligence agency has made threatening phone calls to the mother of Mohammad-Javad Porandakh, a slain student of Isfahan University, not to give any interviews with the media over his death.

“Despite the fact that we are nearing the anniversary of the death of this student, the circumstances of his death are still unclear one year after his death and his family’s pursuits to identify the killer (of their son) has not had any results in the judicial system”, a source said.

The Porandakh family has been threatened several times not to hold a ceremony for this slain student and not to follow up his obscure case.

Many political sources believe that the death of this student who was tortured and abused in detention is linked to the elimination of witnesses of torture and rape in prison. (Jaras Website – Aug. 24, 2010)

Female student activist sentenced to another year of prison

Another year of prison was added to the prison term of student political prisoner Mahdieh Golroh.

“What we were afraid of finally happened and the suspended one year prison term for Mahdieh was carried out”, her husband Vahid Lalipour said.

According to the Evin Prison Court, Mahdieh Golroh was sentenced to three years of prison which consists of two years of prison and a one year of suspended prison.

This is while only one day after the one year suspended prison term was announced, Mahdieh was arrested and in this short time, she did not commit any crimes and also the sentence was not effective when she was arrested. Therefore, the sentence is illegal in practice. (Guya News Website – Aug. 23, 2010)

Reliable Source Reports Of Group Executions Inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few months, the Iranian judicial authorities have ordered the hanging of over one hundred individuals inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison. According to this source, most of those executed were sentenced based on drug-related charges and the executions continue. “Last Wednesday 68, people were hung and over the coming weeks the executions will continue,” said the source.

The source stated that the number of individuals on death row inside Vakil Abad Prison’s Wards 101, 102, 103, and 104 as well as the Quarantine Ward is “in the hundreds.” The Campaign refrains from publishing the reported statistics pending confirmation from other sources. The Campaign asks the Iranian judicial authorities to be accountable regarding news about the weekly group executions of drug-related convicts and to provide exact statistics about events taking place inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison.

Sadegh Larijani recently wrote a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, asking him for directions about what to do with the convicts, the source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

In order to verify the accuracy of the reports about the executions of drug-related criminals in Mashad, we asked Ahmad Ghabel, a theological researcher and a student of the late Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. Ghabel was arrested immediately after Mr. Montazeri’s death on 20 December 2009, and served 170 days in prison before he was released on bail. The Campaign asked Mr. Ghabel whether he was aware of similar executions during his imprisonment at Vakil Abad Prison. “I never saw any of these prisoners up close. I never tried to see outside my cell through the door or the window, but I heard the news. Soldiers are people just like you and me and they transfer news. I learned through news I received during fresh air breaks that 50 people were executed during the 170 days I was there,” said Ahmad Ghabel. He told the Campaign that though he doesn’t have direct information about the executions of individuals under the age of 18, he does remember hearing the prison guards talking about two youths under 18 among those executed.

“Inside our ward, Ward 6/1, in addition to cells where prisoners would serve their long prison terms, there were also suites where those on the death row would be brought a few hours before the execution. The situation would change so drastically, everyone would know a death-row inmate was inside the ward. All doors would close and if this was during the times when prisoners could make telephone calls, the lines would be disconnected. Even other prison authorities could not move about at this time, because Ward 6/1 was directly managed by the prison Intelligence Unit,” added the theological researcher.

“I have not conducted my own research on this, and I have been following the media news about it. Unfortunately, I have no access to my ex-cellmates, either. All I know is that the families of those executed read the number [of those executed] on the forms when they came to take the bodies. I think it is fair to say that these facts are undeniable. Prison guards and other prisoners are also members of the society and people like to talk about events like this, spreading the news. Especially as events like this are not unprecedented in our country,” said Ahmad Ghabel about news of 70 executions over the past few days.

The Campaign asked Ahmad Ghabel whether it is conceivable for such a large number of prisoners to have death sentences. “It is quite customary to have people with death sentences remain in prison for a long time,” Ghabel replied.

“People convicted of murder get the death penalty, but their families are given time to seek the forgiveness of the victims’ families and to attempt swapping the death penalty with diya [blood money]. Also, there are people who are sentenced to death because of carrying illegal arms, but they also have a prison sentence which they must serve prior to the execution. As we speak, there are hundreds of people inside prisons who received their death sentences several years ago. Even inside Ward 1/6 where I was serving, there was an individual who had been in prison for 13 years for illegally carrying. He had a death sentence, too. Another case is another suspect I was handcuffed to one time when returning from the court. His charge was possession of 70 kilograms of crystal meth and while serving a long prison term, he had also received a death sentence,” he added.

The source who provided the Campaign with detailed information about the group executions of Vakil Abad Prison said that the death row convicts are held inside Ward 6 of the prison which is under the oversight of the prison’s Intelligence Unit. Each month there are two sets of executions and in each set between 30 to 40 individuals are hung at once. “For example, between September 2009 and May 2010, almost 150 people were executed, but there was only one public announcement about the executions of five people on 3 April 2010. But on that date 35 people were executed, eight of whom were women,” said the source.

Other information received by the Campaign indicates that the frequency of mass executions has increased from twice per month to four during the recent month. Sources say total number of people executed is between 60 and 70. “There are hundreds of people on the death row inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison,” another source said.

According to the said source, on the days when group executions are to take place, Vakil Abad Prison’s telephone lines are cut off. Ward 6/1 does not have public telephones and prisoners are only allowed short telephone calls once or twice per week.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expresses its deep concern about the ambiguous conditions and statistics of executions offered by various sources and their discrepancies with the numbers announced by officials. The Campaign demands accountability and clear information about the group executions inside Vakil Abad Prison and other prisons in the country. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Aug. 24, 2010)

Two abducted Kurd citizens announce their arrest by security forces after 20 days

Dalir Rouzgerd from Saqez who is a geology graduate from Tabriz University and Ghias Naderzadeh from Paveh who is a Tabriz University graduate were arrested by intelligence agents in Kurdistan.

According to reports, 20 days after their disappearance, a recent phone call indicated that they were detained. Afterwards, security forces went to the home of Dalir Rouzgerd and confiscated some of his books and personal belongings.

Notably, these two men were the founders of the Zagros Center in Tabriz University.

There are no reports on their charges and security forces refuse to give information on their condition. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 24, 2010) 

Iran kills prisoner in Orumieh; grieving mother self immolates outside of prison

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On Sunday August 22, an ordinary prisoner in the Central Orumieh Prison was killed under torture in a solitary cell.

According to reports, Bahman Massoudi died after a prison guard identified as Khanzadeh struck him on the head with a baton.

After his family heard of his death, his mother doused herself in gas and set herself on fire yesterday outside the main door of this prison.

There is no information on how severely she was injured or her physical state. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 24, 2010)

Two political prisoners banned from calling family in Evin Prison

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Political prisoners Hengameh Shahidi and Hossein Marashi have been banned from using the telephone in prison. 

According to reports, Hossein Marashi has only received one prison leave since March even as according to the law, a prisoner who is serving his/her time can go on a leave five days a months after serving one month of prison and has to have in person visits with his/her family once a week for at least 20 minutes.

This former vice president only has visits from behind a glass partition which barely last 15 minutes and is banned from using the telephone to call his family.

According to other reports, Hengameh Shahidi has been banned from using the telephone from 11 days ago.

This jailed journalist was arrested after election events and sentenced to six years and three moths of prison. Political prisoners in cellblock 350 are also still barred from using the telephone. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 24, 2010)

Brother of slain student says he did not commit suicide

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The brother of Mohammad-Javad Porandakh broke his silence after one year on the eve of the anniversary of his brother’s death and announced that Mohammad-Javad did not commit suicide and that his family’s suit against agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and the judge presiding over his case has so far been without result.

Mohammad-Javad Porandakh was a chemical engineering student at the Isfahan Industrial University who was summoned to the Isfahan Intelligence Agency after students in this university protested election results. His body was found two days after he went to the Intelligence Agency. (Rooz Online Website – Aug. 24, 2010)

Iran hangs three drug traffickers: report

Iran has hanged three men, including an Afghan, convicted of drug trafficking in the central city of Isfahan, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The Iranian men, identified as Akbar Z., 33, and Hamid Reza H., 28, and the Afghan Shah S., 38, were hanged on Sunday in a prison in Isfahan, hardline newspaper Kayhan said. (AFP - Aug 23, 2010)

Iran arrests two student activists

Hassan Asadi Zeid Abadi and Ali Jamali, two members of the Central Council of the Office for Consolidating Unity were arrested on August 22 in Tehran.

Security forces arrested Zeid Abadi, the head of the Human Rights Committee in this organization in his home and Ali Jamali, the head of the Political Committee was arrested in his place of work.

Currently a number of the top members of this organization including Ahmad Zied Abadi (Secretary General), Abdollah Momeni (spokesman), and Ali Malihi (head of Public Relations) are in prison.

Hassan Asadi Zeid Abadi  was arrested before this on November 3, 2009 and released about 40 days later on December 13.

He was trialed on August 3 in the 28^th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court by Judge Moqiseh on charges of ‘assembling and conspiring against national security, propagating against the government, disrupting public order and insulting the president’. This court has yet to issue a verdict. (Advar News Website – Aug. 23, 2010)

Iran arrests another Christian in Rasht 

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Hamed Pishkar, a Christian living in the town of Rasht, was arrested on August 16 n his home for holding a session to answer questions (on Christianity) and carrying out religious rites.

Security forces initially conducted a search in his home and then took this Christian citizen to an unknown location.

In the past few months, there has been increased pressure on Christians in Rasht. Davoud Nejat Sabet and Shahin Taqi Zadeh who were both caretakers of the Church of Iran in Rasht were sentenced to one year of suspended sentence which can be carried out within five years.

Yusef Nodrkhani, another Christian has been jailed in the Lakan Prison in Rasht since last September waiting for his sentence to be issued. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 21, 2010)

Execution

Man hanged in south-west Iran

Thursday, 19 August 2010

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Iran Focus

Tehran, Aug. 19 - A young man, Makki Jaradi, was hanged earlier this week in Ahvaz, in the south-western province of Khuzestan.
 
He was charged with drug trafficking.
 
Another man, Karim Sheteyetpour, was informed by Karoon Prison officials in Ahvaz that he will be hanged in the next few days.
 
He is also charged with drug trafficking.
 
In the past, United Nations Rapporteurs on Iran have confirmed that Iran routinely executes dissidents on apolitical charges, such as drug smuggling.