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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Iran: 11 prisoners hanged in Shiraz and Qazvin

Public execution in Iran (file photo)
The Iranian regime's henchmen hanged at least 11 prisoners is cities of Shiraz and Qazvin.

A group of eight prisoners were hanged secretly on Sunday, December 14 in Adelabad Prison in city of Shiraz.

Two other inmates were hanged on Wednesday in the same prion.

Another prisoner was hanged in the central prison of Qazvin on December 16.

In another anti-human measure, two young men were lashed in public in Chamestan, Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. 

Moslemzadeh, the regime’s judiciary official in Mazandaran, stated that each prisoner received 40 lashes.

On December 18, the 61st resolution condemning violation of human rights in the Iran under the mullahs’ rule was adopted by the UN General Assembly.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, urged the international community to adopt binding provisions against the rising trend of executions and the systematic and serious violation of human rights in Iran. Particularly that this regime is the world’s record holder not just in the number of executions, but in most realms for the most barbaric suppressions.

She called for the referral of the regime of Velayat-e faqih criminal record to the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council.


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