Another convict on the death row

http://www.khorasannews.com/News.aspx?type=1&year=1392&month=5&day=3&id=4997057
Mehdi who killed his wife was condemned to Qisas (loosely translated as eye for an eye) by hanging after the judges’ consultation based on his remarks. After the convict protested the decree it was sent to the country’s Supreme Court and was endorsed by the judges of the court’s branch 13.
According to this report if Mehdi fails to acquire the consent of the victim’s parents or of her next of kin, he will be soon executed. (Khorasan daily 25 July 2013)


يك متهم ديگر در آستانه اعدام قرار گرفت
http://www.khorasannews.com/News.aspx?type=1&year=1392&month=5&day=3&id=4997057
مردي که همسرش را کشته بود با تاييد حکم قصاص در ديوانعالي کشور در آستانه چوبه دار قرار گرفت. در پي اظهارات متهم قضات وارد شور شدند و مهدي را مجرم شناختند و او را به قصاص با طناب دار محکوم کردند. اين راي با اعتراض متهم به ديوانعالي کشور فرستاده شد و در نهايت با تاييد قضات شعبه 13 ديوانعالي کشور حکم قصاص نهايي شد. بنابر اين گزارش در صورتي که مهدي نتواند رضايت اولياي دم را جلب کند به زودي مجازات خواهد شد. (روزنامه خراسان 3/5/92)

Arrest for harming a Bassij element
http://www.mehrnews.com/detail/News/2103536
A man named Saman who shot death a Bassij element in one of the villages of Izeh (southern Iran) and was under pursuit by Hormozgan detectives since a while ago, was arrested in a swift operation after his track was found in Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas.
“After the accused confessed to the murder, he was transferred to the location of the crime for further investigation,” said the chief of Hormozgan Province (southern Iran) detective force. (Mehr news agency 24 July 2013)

دستگيري به جرم آسيب رساندن به يك بسيجي

عامل كشتن جوان بسيجي در جنوب کشور، در عمليات غافلگيرانه کارآگاهان پليس آگاهي دستگير شد. چندي قبل ماموران پليس آگاهي هرمزگان, دستگيري يک قاتل فراري را آغاز کردند. بررسي پرونده نشان مي داد، عامل جنايت به نام سامان با شليک تير شاه کرم از بسيجيان را در يکي از روستاهاي ايذه به قتل رسانده و متواري شده بود.
تيم جنايي با رديابي هاي متهم فراري رد او را در جزيره قشم و بندرعباس کشف کردند. سرهنگ حسين اصلحي، رئيس پليس آگاهي استان هرمزگان با اعلام اين خبر گفت: متهم با اعتراف اوليه به قتل، به محل جنايت منتقل شد تا تحقيقات از او ادامه يابد. (خبرگزاري مهر 2/5/92)

URGENT: 12 Prisoners Scheduled for Hanging in One Day- - IHR Urges International Community to Stop the Executions

Iran Human Rights, February 18: According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, 12 prisoners are scheduled to be executed in Shiraz Prison (south of Iran) on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. According to the same sources, the prisoners have been sentenced to death for drug-related charges.

On Saturday and Sunday, four prisoners were hanged in public in Shiraz.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) urges the international community to help stop these executions. Based on cases IHR has received, most prisoners convicted of drug-related charges in Iran have confessed under torture and been subjected to unfair trials. More specifically, IHR urges the United Nations and all countries cooperating with Iran on the "war on drugs" to do what they can to stop these executions.

Seven Executions In Iran: Four Executions In Public

Iran Human Rights, February 17, 2013: Seven prisoners were hanged in the cities of Arak and Shiraz according to the official Iranian sources.

Three prisoners hanged in Arak (Central Iran):

According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak early Sunday morning February 17. The prisoners were identified as "A.B." (31) convicted of buying and possession of 1370 grams of Shisheh, "M. S." (26) convicted of possession of 1500 grams of heroin, and "A. F." (47) convicted of possession of 1382 grams of opium, 450 grams of shisheh and 390 grams of heroin, said the report.

March 2012 Book of Women's Rights violations by Clerics in Iran- NCRI publication

A publication of the Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran


From the report of the Special Rapporteur, Ahmed Shaheed,on the situation of women’s rights violations:
Sixty-sixth session
Agenda item 69 (c)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives
A/66/374

C. Women‟s rights

54. Moreover, the application of certain laws that erect barriers to gender equality undermine the Government‟s ability to equally protect those human rights stipulated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for all its citizens. For example, a woman‟s worth and testimony in a court of law are regarded as half that of a man‟s. Men have absolute rights to divorce, while women may initiate divorce
only if they meet certain conditions, some of which must be agreed to in a marriage contract. Mothers can never be awarded guardianship rights for their children, even upon the death of their husbands. Women do not have equitable inheritance rights, and even when a wife is the sole survivor to her husband‟s estate, she may not inherit more than a quarter of the estate. If she is not the sole survivor, she is limited to an eighth.
56. Moreover, strict implementation of the morality code concerning dress and attempts to criminalize improper veils have limited women‟s participation in public and social arenas. Equally worrisome are statements made by authorities that blame victims for inducing attackers to violate their physical integrity. These include reports of Government officials citing women‟s dress as the cause of recent attacks that took place in Isfahan in June 2011, where 14 women were kidnapped and gangraped while attending a private party. Government statements asserted that the women‟s dress was a source of the violence perpetrated against them and a rationale for the lack of action in bringing the perpetrators to justice

Women's Rights violations by Clerics in Iran- Book Mar 2011 to Feb. 2012 NCRI publication

Iranian regime executes man in Qazvin Prison

Human Rights Activists in Iran


A prisoner was hanged on September 3 in the Qazvin Prison yard.


According to reports, Ehsan Shabani son of Kamel from the Eslanik Village in Salmas was hanged in Qazvin Prison.

Notably, his body was handed over to his family on September 4. Officials had charged him with drug offenses.

Iran once again attacks ‘water fighters’ in Tehran

Fars state-run News Agency


According to reports, a few days ago, a number of Facebook pages published calls for holding water fight festivals in the Ab and Atash Park in Tehran.


After this call, young water fighters disrupted public order in this park from 1 to 4 pm on Friday and carried out immoral acts.

According to the Fars reporter who was in the Ab and Atash Park, a number of young people gathered in the park around 1 pm and had water fights by breaking the sanctities in some parts of the park.

The norm breakings of these youth who were low in number were met with the quick response of police.

The warning of the police was respectable and calm but the bad conduct of some of the norm breakers forced police agents to [arrest] a number of the youth who did not listen to the verbal warnings of the police and they were taken away with police cars to relevant [security institutions].