Hangings continue unabated in Iran

Iran Human Rights, July 24: A woman identified as Sakineh Mohammadi, is in danger of being stoned to death by the Iranian authorities in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, wrote the human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei in his weblog.

Mohammad Mostafaei who has taken the responsibility of defending Sekineh writes: Sekineh Mohammadi who has been in the central prison of Tabriz the last four years is convicted of adultry. She was previously sentenced to 99 lashes for adultry and the sentence has already been carried out.

Besides the lashes, she has also been sentenced to death by stoning. Teh stoning verdict has been approved by the supreme court and is in the section for implementation of the verdict, according to Mr. Mostafaei.

Mohammad Mostafaei has already written a letter to head of the Iranian judiciary Mahmoud Shahroudi, asking him to remove the stoning verdict.

According to Mr. Mostafaei, Sekineh is at imminent danger of death by stoning.

Iran Human Rights, July 23: A 21 years old man was hanged in the prison of Estahban (Fars province, southern Iran), reported the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan today.

The man was identified as "Edris F." and convicted of sexual assault on younger girls, according to the report.

The report didn’t say when the alleged assaults had taken place.

At least 60 people have been hanged in Iran so far in the month of July 2009.

Iran Human Rights, July 23: One man was hanged in the prison of Semnan (northern Iran) early Wednesday July 22, reported the official Iranian news agency Irna.

The man was identified as "Mohammad Khalesipour" and convicted of murdering his wife according to the report.

According to the official reports, at least 59 people have been executed since the beginning of July 2009 in Iran.

Iran Human Rights, July 22: Two men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan yesterday July 21, reported the Iranian daily Etemad today.

The men are identified as Esmaeil (23) and Moslem (28) and were convicted of murder in two separate cases, according to the report.

At least 59 people have been executed in the first three weeks of July 2009.

Iran Human Rights, July 22: One woman was hanged in the prison of Qazvin, west of Tehran, according to the Iranian daily Etemaad-e-melli. The woman who was not identified by name was convicted of murdering her father in law, but due to her econimic situation she couldn’t afford a lawyer to prove that she didn’t kill him delibrately, according to the report.

According to the Human rights activists news agency, she had been in the prison for four years and was hanged on Tuesday July 15.

Iran Human Rights, July 21: Four men were hanged in the prison of Qom, south of Tehran, reported the government newspaper "Iran", today.

The men were identified as Reza, Gholamhossein, Reza and Hossein, and were convicted of sexualt assault of a girl identified as "Narges" in 2007, said the report.

The report didn’t say when exactly the hanging took place. But it is believed that the men were hanged yesterday July 20.

Five other young men were executed in relation with the same case in May 2008.

All together 9 people have been hanged convicted of murder and sexual assault of Narges.

"Ali", the only surviving person in this case is waiting for the final verdict.

Iran Human Rights, July 15: Three people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran) yesterday July 14., reported the Iranian daily Etemad.

The men were identified as Mohammadreza, Hossein and Naser and were all convicted of drug trafficking.

At least 53 people have been executed in the last two weeks in Iran.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson of Iran Human Rights said: We are concerned about the increasing number of executions in Iran, which without any doubt are meant to spread fear amon the people. More people are in danger of imminent execution. The international community and UN must react now".

Source: Iran Human Rights, July 27, 2009

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