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| Witnessing a public execution in Iran (file photo) |
NCRI - On Saturday morning a prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the Iranian city of Qum. Another prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the city of Kashan.
The inmate hanged in Kashan was identified as Reza Karim Dadeh Zehi, 38, who had been arrested for drug-related charges.
Meanwhile, a court in Iran upheld the earlier sentence for a prisoner to have his right eye gouged out and his left ear chopped off.
During the past week at least 20 prisoners have been hanged in Iran including a 20-year-old man in public for an ‘immoral act’ even though he had obtained clemency from the family of the murdered victim.
A group of ten prisoners were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison in the city of Karaj on Tuesday, according to information obtained from inside Iran.
On Wednesday, two men named only as Ali M and Ali Q were hanged in public for 'mischief' in the north-eastern city of Mashhad.
A group of five inmates were hanged in Gohardasht prison in the city of Karaj. They were part of a group of nine that had been transferred to isolation on Tuesday. Four others were returned to their cells after their execution had been delayed.
Soaring human rights abuses in Iran, including an unprecedented rise in executions, the wave of state-organized acid attacks against women and the continuing repression of religious and ethnic minorities, bloggers, reporters and activists, are all taking place amid growing public discontent with the regime, but also in the absence of international action regarding the ongoing violation of human rights.
Source: NCRI, November 30, 2014
