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Following the execution of Mohsen Shekari on 8 December, Amnesty International reported that a senior Iranian police commander had signed a document requesting the public execution of one prisoner connected with the protests "in the shortest time possible," specifically requesting that the execution be public "as a heart-warming gesture towards ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. [2] The list of crimes punishable by death includes murder; rape; child molestation; homosexuality; drug trafficking; armed robbery; kidnapping; terrorism; burglary; incest; fornication; adultery; sodomy; sexual misconduct; prostitution; [3] [4] plotting to overthrow the Islamic government; political dissidence; sabotage; arson; rebellion ...
Public execution of serial killer Esmail Jafarzadeh. Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the establishment of the Islamic Republic, public executions became commonplace. The overwhelming majority of public executions were carried out by hanging. Often cranes mounted on trucks served as makeshift gallows. The condemned, and in some ...
Iran typically carries out executions by hanging inside prisons, often for the crime of drug smuggling, Iran Human Rights says. The country executed 500 convicts in 2022, the group says.
Iran executed a second prisoner Monday who was convicted of crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a ...
While Karami awaited execution, jailers also allegedly subjected him to rape threats and sexual assault. [10] The day before Karami's execution, Iranian authorities arrested Mehdi Beik, the political editor of Etemad, who had conducted interviews with the family members of condemned Iranian protesters, including Karami's father. [2]
Mohsen Chavoshi, one of Iran's most famous singers, has helped rescue more than 50 people from the gallows in a country where justice can be harsh. He had two days to live before his execution in ...
The grave of Mohsen Shekhari. On 25 September 2022, Shekari attended a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran, Iran's capital city.During the protest, Iranian authorities asserted that he blocked or closed off a main road in Tehran, Sattar Khan Street, [3] and used a machete to non-fatally wound a member of the Basij militia, which was sent in to quell the protests.