Iran Human Rights; November 21, 2018: Three prisoners were hanged in public at Iranian city of Shiraz this morning.
Several children were observed among the crowd watching the executions.
Iranian authorities have executed at least 15 people during the last 8 days.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) warns against a new wave of executions in Iran and urges the UN, EU and countries with diplomatic relations with Iran to react immediately to stop these executions.
The IHR spokesperson and director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said: “We demand the halt of all executions, especially public executions which are inhumane and humiliating, and promote violence in society, ”. IHR spokesperson emphasised, “At the first anniversary of the nationwide protests in Iran, we are concerned that the Iranian authorities will use more executions and terror to avoid new protests. Adequate and prompt international reactions can stop these executions”.
According to Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA), Siamak Eslaminia, Kourosh Gholizadeh and Foad Ghanemi were hanged in public at Payam square of Shiraz city.
All three were convicted to death on Moharebeh charge (waging war against God) for armed robbery. The first defendant was also accused of killing a policeman.
“Tens of children between 3 to 10 years old were among crowd along with their parents,” Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
UN human rights experts, including the former Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, had previously drawn particular attention to continued reports of public executions. “They have a dehumanising effect on both the victim and those who witness the execution” and ultimately reinforced the “already cruel, inhuman and degrading nature of the death penalty,” UN experts said.
Video of the execution
Man Hanged at Nur Prison
Iran Human Rights; November 19, 2018: A prisoner was hanged at Nur (also spelt as Noor) Prison on murder charges last Sunday.
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), a prisoner was hanged on the morning of November 18, 2018, at the northern Iranian city of Nur.
He was convicted to qisas (retribution in kind) for the murder of a 50 years old local man four years ago.
The report does not include the prisoner’s name but mentions that he was from Alborz province in Iran.
According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 240 of the 517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges.
There is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and intent.
Source: Iran Human Rights, November 19-21, 2018
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