MORE Executions : report of the week 14 March

Iran hanged prisoner last week in Gohardasht Prison

Mehdi Ismaili, a prisoner in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj was executed last week.
A prisoner in Gohardasht Prison who was jailed on charges of murder at 19 was executed.
Mehdi Ismaili, 26, had been jailed for 7 years in this prison before his death sentence was carried out last week.
(Human Rights Activists in Iran – March 7, 2010)

Iran hangs two men: report

Iran has hanged two convicted drug traffickers in the western city of Khorramabad, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
The report identified them only as Gh. B. and H. R and added the two were hanged early this week -- the Iranian week begins on Saturday. No other details were given.
(AFP - March 8, 2010)

Iran hangs two people in Qom

The head of the Qom Revolutionary Court Mahmoud Talebi said, "From the beginning of the current (Iranian) year, 10 death sentences have been carried out for drug smugglers in Qom and this shows our serious confrontation with smugglers".
"The latest hangings were in the morning when two drug smugglers were hanged".
"Hamid Kh. and Zeinolabedin Q. were two people who were executed today on charges of smuggling various kinds of drugs", he added.
(Asre Iran state-run website – March 10, 2010)

Iran hangs man in public; two others to be hanged in coming days

On Wednesday May 10, a man was publicly hanged in the Ramezan Center in Ahwaz.
The ILNA state-run news agency said that the execution sentence of this drug smuggler identified only as S.M was carried out in the evening. According to this report, another person will be hanged in public on charges of moharebeh (enmity with God) on Saturday May 13 in the Salman Farsi intersection and another man will be hanged in public on charges of smuggling drugs on Sunday May 14 in the Mashali Center in Ahwaz.
(Human Rights Activists in Iran – March 12, 2010)