Iran: Two men flogged 74 times in public in Qods city

Public flogging, Iran, Aug. 13, 2014

NCRI- The Iranian regime's henchmen lashed two men on Wednesday in public for 'disrupting public order' in a city near the country's capital Tehran.

A police commander in Qods city was quoted by state-run Mehr news agency as saying: "the men who were thugs in the city... were arrested by the police and a ruling by the revolutionary court in the city sentenced them to 74 lashes in public."

He said the sentence was carried out for the men how were identified by their initials as V.Y. and A.N. but no further information were provided.

Police colonel Hojatollah Karami-zand said: "the police and the judiciary in the city are determined to more harshly deal with those that disrupt public order and public security.

Since Hassan Rouhani became the clerical regime's president a year ago, human rights violations including execution, public hanging carrying out inhuman punishments such as flogging have intensified.

According to the official statistics published by the regime’s judiciary during the holy month of Ramadan at least 200 individuals were lashed in one Iranian province alone.

Source: NCRI, August 15, 2014

Iran: Two journalists to be flogged for 'insulting' regime official

NCRI - Two Iranian photojournalists have been sentenced to 75 lashes for making 'insulting remarks' about a book by a local official in the regime's province of Qazvin.

The Voice of Qazvin reported on August 13: "Based on a ruling by the Branch 102 of the General Court of Qazvin, one defendant was sentenced to 25 lashes and another photographer to 50 lashes."

The report added: "It seems that the sentence was issued because of remarks made by these photographers about a book written by the cultural advisor to the province's governor. The remarks prompted the cultural advisor to file a complaint against these photographers in Qazvin."

Human rights group Amnesty International said in a recent statement that the sharp increase in the number of arrests, prosecutions and imprisonment of independent journalists in Iran shows that the mullahs 'have widened the circle of repression in a bid to crumple any aspirations for change'.

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Program Director at Amnesty International, added: "The way journalists are being treated puts everything journalism should stand for at risk in Iran.

"Anyone deemed critical of the authorities has been at increased risk of arrest and prosecution in recent months, creating an intense climate of fear where voicing any criticism has become a direct road to prison."

Since Hassan Rouhani became the regime's president a year ago, human rights violations including execution, public hanging and the carrying out inhumane punishments such as flogging have intensified.

According to official statistics published by the regime’s judiciary during the holy month of Ramadan, at least 200 people were lashed in Qazvin province alone.

Two men also were also flogged in public on Wednesday in a city near the country's capital Tehran for 'disrupting public order.'

Source: NCRI, August 14, 2014

Rapist flogged, hanged in Karaj, Iran

A child abuser convicted on three counts of attempted rape was flogged and then hanged public on August 15, 20014, in the city of Karaj, Iran.

The man was identified as Reza F.

Source: Mehr News, August 15, 2014

Photos of the execution (Mehr News):

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