Stades de mort : la FIFA alertée

<div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTb7QujpT-nSsULV7vc9Mh8HcugnaTbpcYC3hwEziid5loXIFVqg9N1gLH4CePDKrjfKja4KOfwRq1uHJ1Kn0YQfG63gJGv4r8TyE-PaI6g95eo1iRCKAlkO7VNoVhsyBicXDlMj5PnU/s1600/Public+execution+in+Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTb7QujpT-nSsULV7vc9Mh8HcugnaTbpcYC3hwEziid5loXIFVqg9N1gLH4CePDKrjfKja4KOfwRq1uHJ1Kn0YQfG63gJGv4r8TyE-PaI6g95eo1iRCKAlkO7VNoVhsyBicXDlMj5PnU/s400/Public+execution+in+Iran.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Si j'étais joueur, je ne pourrais jouer là où un homme a été décapité ou pendu."</td></tr></tbody></table>[<a href="https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#fr/en/http%3A%2F%2Fdeathpenaltynews.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F01%2Fstades-de-mort-la-fifa-alertee.html" target="_blank">Click here to Google translate this article into your own language.</a> Choose the target language in the right-hand box and then click on Translate. Alternatively, you can use the Google translation tool at the top of this page's right sidebar.]<br /><br />En 2017, dans certains coins de la planète, on exécute toujours publiquement des gens dans des stades de foot. La FIFA, qui a récemment ajouté à ses statuts un article qui l'engage à respecter les droits de l'homme et à promouvoir leur protection, promet d'aborder la question avec la fédération iranienne.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ce matin du 22 septembre 2016, à Neyriz, ils sont quelques dizaines à s'être rendus dans le petit stade de foot de cette ville de 45 000 habitants, située dans la province de Fars, dans l'ouest iranien. Pourtant, aucun match n'est programmé ce jour-là. Installé sur un semblant de tribune, séparé du terrain par un grillage, le public, majoritairement masculin, est venu assister à une exécution. Celle de Saeed T., condamné à la peine capitale pour viol et meurtre. Exposé sur la plate-forme arrière d'un camion, le visage recouvert d'un linge noir, l'homme sera pendu en public, tracté de bas en haut par une grue. Une pratique qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel en <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a>, où une interprétation particulière de la charia fait office de code pénal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">En 2015, sur 969 exécutions, 57 se sont déroulées dans l'espace public (selon les chiffres officiels communiqués par l'État iranien, probablement en deçà de la réalité). Cette barbarie, l'ONG française Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) ne l'accepte pas. Et elle a décidé de le faire savoir à la FIFA, en adressant fin septembre un courrier à son président, Gianni Infantino. « Exécuter dans un stade, ce n'est pas anodin, explique Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, le directeur d'ECPM. C'est dans ce sens que nous tentons d'alerter Infantino. La FIFA ne peut pas dire que cela ne la regarde pas. Si j'étais joueur, ce serait impossible de jouer là où un homme a été décapité ou pendu. »</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Une barbarie sans limite</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Avec l'Arabie saoudite, la <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/coree-du-nord.html" target="_blank">Corée du Nord</a> et les territoires contrôlés par Daesh, l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a> est l'un des derniers pays à pratiquer l'exécution publique, que ce soit sur des places ou dans des stades. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">La <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/chine.html" target="_blank">Chine</a> et l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/afghanistan.html">Afghanistan</a> – qui s'y adonnait à l'époque des talibans – ont récemment abandonné. « C'est la théâtralisation de la mise à mort, dans le seul but de faire peur à la population, pose Chenuil-Hazan. Le stade est ouvert. Hommes, femmes, enfants, vieillards, tout le monde est incité par la police à venir assister au "spectacle". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">En <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a>, la peine de mort a toujours été un outil politique. La majorité des condamnés à mort sont coupables de trafic de drogue ou d'homosexualité, et sont souvent issus de minorités ethniques ou religieuses. C'est un message adressé aux Kurdes et aux Afghans, qui représentent le prolétariat local. Ils exécutent même des mineurs. Leur code pénal, c'est la charia. Et ils s'y tiennent. » </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pour rendre le « spectacle » le plus macabre possible, les autorités iraniennes, qui exécutent essentiellement par pendaison, ont décidé de mettre en place une graduation de l'horreur. Selon la sentence, la peine capitale peut s'effectuer sous deux formes différentes. La première consiste à « lâcher » le pendu. Dans sa chute, sa nuque se brise et le pauvre bougre décède rapidement. La seconde prouve que la barbarie ne connaît aucune limite. C'est celle qu'a subie Saeed T. à Neyriz. Le condamné est pendu par traction, accroché à une grue qui s'élève jusqu'à ce que ses pieds ne touche plus le sol. La mort par suffocation est alors beaucoup plus lente et douloureuse. Contacté par ECPM, le fabricant japonais de ces grues a accepté de demander à l’État iranien d'arrêter d'utiliser son matériel pour ce type d'activité. Visiblement sans succès.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">La FIFA répond enfin</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Le 6 décembre dernier, non sans quelques relances, la FIFA a enfin répondu au courrier d'ECPM. Et c'est Fatma Samoura, la secrétaire générale, qui s'y est collée. En anglais, elle indique à Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan qu'elle a bien pris note de « l'incident » qui a eu lieu à Neyriz, et que « la FIFA condamne ce type d'action, qui par sa nature, viole fondamentalement la dignité inhérente à chaque être humain » . Et par conséquent, elle ne manquera pas d'aborder le sujet « lors de ses futurs échanges avec la Fédération iranienne de football » . Enfin, la Sénégalaise conclut en signalant au directeur d'ECPM que, comme l'exige le nouvel article 3 de ses statuts, « la FIFA s'engage à respecter les droits de l'homme internationalement reconnus, et s'efforce de promouvoir leur protection. Cet engagement implique des efforts pour prévenir et atténuer les impacts négatifs sur les droits de l'homme de tiers en relation directe avec nos opérations. Dans le cadre de ces activités, nous cherchons de plus en plus à collaborer avec nos associations membres, pour les aider à mettre en place des mécanismes adéquats, afin qu'ils respectent les droits de l'homme. » </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">À la lecture du courrier venu de <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/suisse.html" target="_blank">Suisse</a>, Chenuil-Hazan se dit « satisfait que cet article 3 donne à la FIFA le pouvoir d'agir, satisfait que la FIFA ait prévu d'engager des échanges avec la fédération iranienne. Maintenant, nous attendons que la FIFA donne des suites concrètes en sanctionnant l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html">Iran</a>, pourquoi pas en l'excluant de compétitions internationales, puisque ses nouveaux statuts lui en donnent le droit » . En avril 2013, l'instance mondiale avait déjà mis en garde l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html">Iran</a> au sujet de ses exécutions sur des terrains de foot. Évidemment sans conséquence pour cette « association membre » .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Source: <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/stades-de-shoot-437334.html" target="_blank">so foot</a>, Mathias Edwards, January 10, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Stades de mort : la FIFA alertée

"Si j'étais joueur, je ne pourrais jouer là où un homme a été décapité ou pendu." [ Click here to Google translate this articl...

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Iran: 21 Hangings in 2017 and 26 Prisoners Facing Imminent Execution

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGOu9UaNUEvPU8wIrfvrlgFSuFULtW6vRK7m2IzT61zIIp7p7Gbm0Q5ID9sz7rnDqvmxXdBH-0JAi1F9vNHaiSCTvz0oAC2ZJ20FLW3pYAGZ1etE1nzjACzGVZJUwFXSo4TAB0_rmcgo/s1600/IRAN+medieval+and+barbaric+punishments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGOu9UaNUEvPU8wIrfvrlgFSuFULtW6vRK7m2IzT61zIIp7p7Gbm0Q5ID9sz7rnDqvmxXdBH-0JAi1F9vNHaiSCTvz0oAC2ZJ20FLW3pYAGZ1etE1nzjACzGVZJUwFXSo4TAB0_rmcgo/s400/IRAN+medieval+and+barbaric+punishments.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On January 11, the inhumane mullahs’ regime executed a prisoner in Urmia Prison, northwest Iran. The day before another prisoner was sent to the gallows in Maraghe Prison, northwest Iran. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On January 8, two other prisoners were hanged in public on charges of theft in the town of Sarpol Zahab in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Youths are being hanged in public at a time when senior regime officials, their family members and close friends are involved in the largest embezzlement cases of Iran’s history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One example amounted to nearly $3 billion, and those involved in such thefts and plundering of the Iranian people’s God-given riches remain safe and sound from any accountability.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 21 executions have been registered from January 1 to this day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime during the past few days 22 prisoners in Central and Gohardasht prisons of Karaj have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Four inmates in Maraghe Prison are scheduled to be executed shortly. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Iranian Resistance calls for urgent action by international human rights organizations to save the lives of these 26 prisoners.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Iranian Resistance calls on all people across Iran, especially the brave youth, to protest barbaric executions and rise to the support of the families of those executed, families of prisoners.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: <a href="http://ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/human-rights/21929-iran-21-hangings-in-2017-and-26-prisoner-facing-imminent-execution" target="_blank">NCRI</a>, January 12, 2017</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: 21 Hangings in 2017 and 26 Prisoners Facing Imminent Execution

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Iran: Prisoner Hanged on Drug Charges

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkJvZ1IZ9lM1hQAXyBR49_ttK1us-cB6M1iwpFS0lOJuKsj5A5Dgbi2EvIJuNrLQ8qFeTAqBf4AL_5pjTGwE-Q59Mm-poF5j2_DTzuREAr7UpD1P36jMWNVUAM_Oq0g9CiF63VSXWAW8/s1600/public+hanging+IRAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments (file photo)" border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkJvZ1IZ9lM1hQAXyBR49_ttK1us-cB6M1iwpFS0lOJuKsj5A5Dgbi2EvIJuNrLQ8qFeTAqBf4AL_5pjTGwE-Q59Mm-poF5j2_DTzuREAr7UpD1P36jMWNVUAM_Oq0g9CiF63VSXWAW8/s400/public+hanging+IRAN.jpg" title="Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments (file photo)" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A prisoner was hanged at Maragheh Prison on drug related charges. Four other prisoners at this prison are currently in imminent danger of execution.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran Human Rights (JAN 13 2017): A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Maragheh Prison on drug related charges. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to close sources, the prisoner, who has been identified as Morteza Heydari, was executed on Tuesday January 10. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Close sources say Mr. Heydari is the father of a five-year-old child.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Morteza was arrested on May 11, 2012 for possession of three kilograms of crystal meth and three kilograms and 600 grams of heroin. He was sentenced to death by the Malekan Revolutionary Court on June 10, 2013 and then he was exiled to Maragheh Prison," a confirmed source tells Iran Human Rights. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to reports received by Iran Human Rights, there are four other prisoners in Maragheh Prison who are in imminent danger of execution. They are:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Iraj Ghaffouri, sentenced to death on drug related charges</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Akbar Moradi, sentenced to death on murder charges</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Hossein Fatemi, sentenced to death on drug related charges</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>4. Ali Mosloufi, sentenced to death on drug related charges<br /><br />Source: <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2759/" target="_blank">Iran Human Rights</a>, January 13, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: Prisoner Hanged on Drug Charges

Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments A prisoner was hanged at Maragheh Prison on drug related charges. Four other prisoners at this priso...

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Iran: A Prisoner Executed Before His Trial Ends

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToNMWYE65AO4B90sHpbkqBK4G9lJpQs5nDn29NZH1eKRWSuigZ53ERtTlrnBPg8NEsGspBIi2r9hWZ2YewlText48alqSATN4VDZGPR5_Rnn1qK7KHuZTU0R4wsJhvnnz1jZS6jaDjEk/s1600/Public+hanging+Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToNMWYE65AO4B90sHpbkqBK4G9lJpQs5nDn29NZH1eKRWSuigZ53ERtTlrnBPg8NEsGspBIi2r9hWZ2YewlText48alqSATN4VDZGPR5_Rnn1qK7KHuZTU0R4wsJhvnnz1jZS6jaDjEk/s400/Public+hanging+Iran.jpg" title="Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medieval and barbaric punishments</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">NCRI - A death row prisoner was executed in Qazvin last week while his family says his case was still under consideration and review by the prosecution office and his sentence was not confirmed and put on hold. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Monday, January 2, the death sentence of Nasrollah Khazaei, on the charges of “carrying and keeping drugs” was implemented in Qazvin prison before dawn.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the family of the executed prisoner followed his case, several Judiciary officials of the Iranian regime’s Prosecution Office in Tehran said that the prisoner should not have been executed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prisoner’s brother in an interview with a Persian language news agency explained: “My brother had no previous record (of committing a crime). The case was sent to Tehran according to Article 20 requesting a review but no answer was given yet. They said the case would take two years. Since then, implementation of the sentence was halted in his case, upon an order.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I called the prosecutor and requested an answer in this regard. They said your brother’s case is still under review and told me to call back next month. I said they have executed my brother and today is the seventh day of his memorial ceremony. They answered why did they execute him? His case is still open here and is not transferred to Qazvin. He should not have been executed. Then, they connected the phone to a number of other rooms and officials, all of whom said they shouldn’t have executed him. They said this case has received a halt of the sentence and Qazvin’s prosecution should not have done it without our permission,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nasrollah Khazaei’s brother emphasized: “On Sunday (January 1), when we went for a meeting with my brother, they neither told us nor my brother that they are going to hang him. On Monday, at around 6 a.m., my brother called us and said they are taking him for execution. I screamingly said "but the case in still being reviewed." My brother said "no matter how much I tell them, they do not accept." After that, they took him away and hanged up the phone.”</div><br />Source: <a href="http://ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/21923-iran-a-prisoner-executed-before-his-trial-ends" target="_blank">NCRI</a>, January 12, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: A Prisoner Executed Before His Trial Ends

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Iran: Child bride faces execution by hanging

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ4oft4mCXnERCtwJcOcafZGQQ6-3GEuF7sns5QmxqC_RN9Z3ffIzELAy5XJN7DUEB1aDb1X_jRZUDDOiwaRFegfI2N6TQs80in2X0BTmm8xy-huG2FeF22ugaRE8HF0_jzIJhDRb9T8/s1600/Zeinab+Sokian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Zeinab Sokian" border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ4oft4mCXnERCtwJcOcafZGQQ6-3GEuF7sns5QmxqC_RN9Z3ffIzELAy5XJN7DUEB1aDb1X_jRZUDDOiwaRFegfI2N6TQs80in2X0BTmm8xy-huG2FeF22ugaRE8HF0_jzIJhDRb9T8/s320/Zeinab+Sokian.jpg" title="Zeinab Sokian" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zeinab Sokian</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran comes from a poor, conservative Iranian-Kurdish family, and ran away from home at 15 to marry Hossein Sarmadi in the hope for a better life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon after the wedding, Hossein started beating Zeinab - she asked for a divorce, but he refused. She told police, but they ignored her. She ran away, but her family disowned her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She was 17 when her husband died. Zeinab was arrested and "confessed" that she killed her husband after he'd abused her for months and refused her requests for divorce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She was then held at the police station for the next 20 days and repeatedly tortured by police officers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a grossly unfair trial, in which she was denied access to a lawyer during her entire pre-trial detention, <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/10/iran-mother-of-executed-woman-pledges.html" target="_blank">Zeinab was sentenced to death by hanging</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Execution delayed during pregnancy</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2015, Zeinab married a fellow prisoner in Oroumieh Central Prison and became pregnant.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her execution was delayed while Zeinab was expecting. Last month she gave birth to a stillborn baby, and is now at risk of execution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Doctors said her baby died in her womb 2 days earlier due to shock, around the same time her cell mate and friend was executed on 28 September. She was returned from hospital to the prison the very next day - denied any postnatal support or care since.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Raped by her brother-in-law</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zainab only met her state-appointed lawyer for the first time at her final trial session. It was then that she retracted confessions made when she'd had no access to a lawyer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She told the court that her husband's brother, who she said had raped her several times, was responsible for the murder and had coerced her into confessing, promising he would pardon her (under Islamic law, murder victims' relatives have the power to pardon the offender and accept financial compensation instead).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This statement was ignored by the court, which instead relied heavily on her old "confessions" to reach its verdict.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDRG_LCaYZOnU-4PJai9DUqw7Hf5O3A4JV1ImfLFE5vBiQbK36iZA3oaEGZRBO73ExfkMZQbhOtU3GepVORZ1Hvh5ydeBYNMTVr3Ijwv8vbxlNXgyGTVvOKEvVCiXiWPYKwYN6zQslz0/s1600/Iran+Juvenile+Offenders+Ph01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDRG_LCaYZOnU-4PJai9DUqw7Hf5O3A4JV1ImfLFE5vBiQbK36iZA3oaEGZRBO73ExfkMZQbhOtU3GepVORZ1Hvh5ydeBYNMTVr3Ijwv8vbxlNXgyGTVvOKEvVCiXiWPYKwYN6zQslz0/s400/Iran+Juvenile+Offenders+Ph01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Iran, girls are held criminally accountable by law from the age of nine (9),<br />and can be sentenced to death by hanging for crimes such as murder,<br />drug trafficking and armed robbery. <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/01/waiting-to-die-iranian-child-inmates.html" target="_blank">Click here to read their stories.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: justify;">A child at the time of the crime</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zainab was just 17 at the time of the crime she is accused of. The courts completely failed to apply juvenile sentencing from Iran's Islamic penal code in her case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They also failed to tell her that she could submit an application for retrial. Iran's penal code falls woefully short of what's required for juvenile offenders under international human rights law, and even the limited safeguards that do exist are not adhered to by the authorities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The use of the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18 is also completely prohibited under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Iran has signed up to.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Thank you</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than 80,000 of you signed our petition urging the Iranian authorities to halt Zeinab's execution and throw out her death sentence. Her execution, which was scheduled to go ahead as early as 13 October 2016 is no longer imminent. Zeinab now has a new lawyer working on her case. Together they will submit an application for a retrial - which is Zeinab's right under Article 91 of Iran's Islamic Penal Code.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While this is extremely good news, <b>her death sentence remains in place until a retrial is granted by the authorities</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, Zeinab's case is not an isolated case in Iran. We have recorded at least 74 executions of juvenile offenders between 2005 and 2016 in Iran. Scores of young people in Iran remain on death row for crimes committed when they were under 18.</div><br />Source: amnesty.org.uk, January 11, 2017<br /><br /><b>➤ Related content: </b><a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/01/waiting-to-die-iranian-child-inmates.html" target="_blank">Waiting to die: the Iranian child inmates facing execution – in pictures</a>, The Guardian, January 8, 2016<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: Child bride faces execution by hanging

Zeinab Sokian Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran comes from a poor, conservative Iranian-Kurdish family, and ran away from home at 15 to marry Hossein...

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Iran: Two hanged in public for 'waging war against God'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzplq5VMOBTnsJoN480ao8NWwc-jVae8hbIAjBlfQdmxl0YNMg8gheSvmVF8n-O8Or-CozYwQapf1OEqML70qgO1zycinoGCP_26YJ8I3tiMDVAOWIu0tVSHWJVOe3hTlumI4h2d_XFg/s1600/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzplq5VMOBTnsJoN480ao8NWwc-jVae8hbIAjBlfQdmxl0YNMg8gheSvmVF8n-O8Or-CozYwQapf1OEqML70qgO1zycinoGCP_26YJ8I3tiMDVAOWIu0tVSHWJVOe3hTlumI4h2d_XFg/s400/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph1.jpg" title="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Two prisoners were hanged in public in the Kermanshah province on Moharebeh ('waging war against God') charges.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran Human Rights (JAN 10 2017): Two prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Sarpol-e Zahab (Kermanshah province, western Iran) on Moharebeh charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a report by the Iranian state-run media IRIB, the executions were carried out in public on the morning of Sunday January 8. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prisoners were reportedly charged with armed robbery and the murder of a police officer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the state-run media has not provided the names of the prisoners, the unofficial news agency, Kurdpa, has identified the two prisoners as Rouhollah Koshtemad and Sajjad Zarsineh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Photos of the execution (via Iran Human Rights):</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZJa3HrU9YaK2EFu93huw5Hiu8mxPyntkUagSrjBi_PKBNTCUjQx3U4QBqKBi8vEsBvr3AMYpY-8kNW9J-wifZnOkdn454SBi7tWxir4uvX2Dj5GTlr9zZTjF54AWDrUZj2HD2se-VLM/s1600/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZJa3HrU9YaK2EFu93huw5Hiu8mxPyntkUagSrjBi_PKBNTCUjQx3U4QBqKBi8vEsBvr3AMYpY-8kNW9J-wifZnOkdn454SBi7tWxir4uvX2Dj5GTlr9zZTjF54AWDrUZj2HD2se-VLM/s320/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph2.jpg" title="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A medieval theocracy and barbaric punishments</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-m8E-XoeNnoWLeht9exA3NWo4WfOcuA-ZhfhYX46UdV2BpwodlntZ8_d0sMKtgsumI1ZJnFPztm-YJV8smxBTwJ5GPF5q2uu93Rbf8CUL1FKVYcxvDRrPyrFkRyNDAUrizAtJrAP30A/s1600/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-m8E-XoeNnoWLeht9exA3NWo4WfOcuA-ZhfhYX46UdV2BpwodlntZ8_d0sMKtgsumI1ZJnFPztm-YJV8smxBTwJ5GPF5q2uu93Rbf8CUL1FKVYcxvDRrPyrFkRyNDAUrizAtJrAP30A/s320/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph3.jpg" title="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRYJMSvMwUBvQ6n3tuG1sP0XVyX8MvNLyknBGekTiocZ1-nA9wBr2Oy091gBeoc6HBYcoIOPFE_LQS0W-9VgRSPWqy3GxtAwEdrzWRwMTIeIswhCR4H-iEl2wDq7mjE1g8PmBO5ITz4o/s1600/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRYJMSvMwUBvQ6n3tuG1sP0XVyX8MvNLyknBGekTiocZ1-nA9wBr2Oy091gBeoc6HBYcoIOPFE_LQS0W-9VgRSPWqy3GxtAwEdrzWRwMTIeIswhCR4H-iEl2wDq7mjE1g8PmBO5ITz4o/s320/2+public+hangings+in+Sarpol-e+Zahab%252C+Iran%252C+8JAN2k17_Ph4.jpg" title="Two men were hanged in public in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2017." width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />Source: <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2755/">Iran Human Rights</a>, January 10, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; 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Iran: Two hanged in public for 'waging war against God'

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Iran: 2 executed for 'waging war against God', 2 over drug charges

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4aa5UVT6dfx2TXAqqXFMcW-FAaiaMAITF-13oDE9jKeADNPDJU8C9PgXXJ0fTqccw0AIlr8xAq1CdAtMw6kEnd6iP8oFKbvyYpXhaCtr5mxVkWiAwjPlQq0Nnv56nkB14iV6bVspqYM/s1600/Public+hanging+Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments" border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4aa5UVT6dfx2TXAqqXFMcW-FAaiaMAITF-13oDE9jKeADNPDJU8C9PgXXJ0fTqccw0AIlr8xAq1CdAtMw6kEnd6iP8oFKbvyYpXhaCtr5mxVkWiAwjPlQq0Nnv56nkB14iV6bVspqYM/s400/Public+hanging+Iran.jpg" title="Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>3 Prisoners Executed - 2 for Moharebeh 1 for Drug Charges</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3 prisoners were reportedly executed at Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday January 4.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to confirmed sources, 2 of the prisoners were executed on Moharebeh charges (enmity against God) and the other prisoner was executed on drug related charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the human rights news agency, HRANA, the 2 prisoners hanged on Moharebeh charges were accused of armed robbery. The names of these prisoners are Traub Rashidi and Ali Cheshmeh Noushi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The other prisoner has been identified as "Sajad". He was reportedly transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison from Karaj Central Prison and executed on drug related charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have been silent on these executions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Prisoner Hanged on Drug Trafficking Charges</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 1 prisoner, identified as Mohammad Zebardast, was hanged at Lakan, Rasht's central prison, on drug related charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to close sources, Mohammad Zebardast's execution was carried out on the morning of Wednesday January 4.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A confirmed source tells Iran Human Rights that Mr. Zebardasht was arrested in 2011 for possession of 2 kilograms of crystal meth and 2 kilograms and 800 grams of opium. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was sentenced to death in September 16, 2012 by a court in Rasht (Gilan province, northern Iran) for drug trafficking. Mr. Zebardasht was held in prison from his arrest to his execution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have been silent about Mr. Zebardasht's execution. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Close sources say it is likely that more than 1 prisoner was hanged at Lakan Prison on Wednesday.</div><br />Source: <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/" target="_blank">Iran Human Rights</a>, January 7, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: 2 executed for 'waging war against God', 2 over drug charges

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Iran: Seven executed on drug charges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEVg69q-aWn1PE-sO_R0oi67QIQA-UdHsoipk4rO5N1UlMciq9SMLAXqT8ZdJDiEarGtej83NDhvCuRSoPKWyfSSjRVJc_a5NJHQwmIK-LBd_xOr_MTJUgzdKOoLfunQFlmFq5JxZeBU/s1600/Iran+Death+Penalty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEVg69q-aWn1PE-sO_R0oi67QIQA-UdHsoipk4rO5N1UlMciq9SMLAXqT8ZdJDiEarGtej83NDhvCuRSoPKWyfSSjRVJc_a5NJHQwmIK-LBd_xOr_MTJUgzdKOoLfunQFlmFq5JxZeBU/s400/Iran+Death+Penalty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Seven prisoners were executed on drug related charges in northern Iran.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran Human Rights (JAN 4 2017): Four prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj Central Prison (northern Iran) and three prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj's Ghezel Hesar Prison (northern Iran). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />All seven prisoners were sentenced to death on drug related charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to close sources, on Wednesday January 4, the execution sentences of three prisoners were carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison for drug related offenses. The prisoners are Khashiar Behrouzi, Mehdi Kavousi, and Anoush Baluch. These three prisoners and another prisoner identified as Harif Gholami were transferred to solitary confinement on Monday in preparation of their executions. According to reports, Mr. Gholami was transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison from Tehran's central prison for execution; however, prior to his transfer, Mr. Gholami reportedly killed another prisoner. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a result of the murder he committed, his death sentence for the drug related charges was stopped pending investigation into the murder charges. Mr. Gholami is currently being held in solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are numerous cases of death row prisoners in Iran committing acts of murder in order to delay or quash their execution sentence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Tuesday January 3, four prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj Central Prison on drug related charges. Close sources report the names of the prisoners as: Hadi Moghaddam, Ali Nouri, Alireza Haj Firouzabadi, Ali Nouri.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have been silent about these seven executions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian authorities continue to implement death sentences for drug related offenses at a high rate even when an urgent plan was approved in the Iranian Parliament last week calling for a halt to the execution of prisoners on death row for drug related offenses. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, Iranian Parliament members recently sent a joint letter to the head of Iran's Judiciary asking for the imminent execution of approximately five thousand drug-related prisoners to be stopped pending further review of their cases.</div><br />Source: <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2749/" target="_blank">Iran Human Rights</a>, January 4, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: Seven executed on drug charges

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Head of Iran Regime Assembly of Experts: Cyberspace Is More Dangerous Than Drugs

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEnKPdV9KMhUS7tAH_wh5aVxc6L-NPFvZNwf5VKwmwCTTWpWtnNhcwbaCCFLmIq_cJUlAilFZF4xY8TSkB5XS12O5-2ZzHNwkK7RK8M4iL5NZlhUA9szpLhmpPUe9IKJE6JECvdiPiDE/s1600/Computer+keyboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=""Cyberspace Is More Dangerous Than Drugs"" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEnKPdV9KMhUS7tAH_wh5aVxc6L-NPFvZNwf5VKwmwCTTWpWtnNhcwbaCCFLmIq_cJUlAilFZF4xY8TSkB5XS12O5-2ZzHNwkK7RK8M4iL5NZlhUA9szpLhmpPUe9IKJE6JECvdiPiDE/s400/Computer+keyboard.jpg" title=""Cyberspace Is More Dangerous Than Drugs"" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Cyberspace Is More Dangerous Than Drugs"</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">NCRI - The Iranian regime’s head of the Assembly of Experts, mullah Ahmad Jannati, while claiming cyberspace and social media can lead young people astray and their danger is more than (the danger of) drugs, theft and other social problems, demanded more crackdowns on cyberspace activists*.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to state-run Entekhab website, mullah Jannati on Saturday December 31 in a meeting with the Kish Island Police Chief said they should take measures with full force to deal with and confront the potential damage of cyberspace and added: “Cyberspace affects the ideas, thoughts and behavior of the young people and you should make the success that you have achieved in the fight against this phenomenon in Kish available to other people so that they also benefit from these experiences.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Cyberspace is one of the regime’s and country’s important issues of the day and other issues are secondary,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The regime’s Kish Island Police Chief pointed out that in addition to the measures taken against cyberspace activity, the repressive plan against women and the so-called improper veiling in also the police priority and said: “The issue of (women’s) veiling is another priority of the police in Kish Island. There are more than 40 religious delegations in Kish and with their participation the duty of ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ is done very well, and in Bazaar (markets), Basiji women voluntarily perform this duty.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <i>Death Penalty News</i> is currently banned in Iran.</div><br />Source: NCRI, January 3, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? Help us keep this blog up and running! <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JBVXEBZLP3WKW" target="_blank">DONATE!</a></b></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/fr_FR/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></div></form><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Head of Iran Regime Assembly of Experts: Cyberspace Is More Dangerous Than Drugs

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Iran: Public Flogging Sentence Carried Out, Brothers Amputated for Theft

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinP1-mcD-dorKpSQM5XYc9XriVeUI5MujJ5ifG927u4nK5gSIj0kpNR-cc1HsJeC7SrXskZ94oFVUf7IwaX3m7Is3j9p1giUY6aVkmOgK8rhzLJDSEy0rsvyjXyEbsC1GToji-37_tsCU/s1600/Iran+Public+flogging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Public flogging in Iran" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinP1-mcD-dorKpSQM5XYc9XriVeUI5MujJ5ifG927u4nK5gSIj0kpNR-cc1HsJeC7SrXskZ94oFVUf7IwaX3m7Is3j9p1giUY6aVkmOgK8rhzLJDSEy0rsvyjXyEbsC1GToji-37_tsCU/s400/Iran+Public+flogging.jpg" title="Public flogging in Iran" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishments</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">NCRI - According to eyewitnesses, on December 28th, flogging punishment of a young man charged with theft, and whose identity is unrevealed, has been carried out in public in the city of Iranshahr – South Eastern Iran.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is worth noting that the United Nations earlier had announced that flogging in Iran is inhumane, cruel, degrading and contrary to international law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The United Nations says that in international human rights law, in particular the Convention against Torture, flogging punishment is prohibited and could be considered an act of torture.<br /><br /><h3>Fingers of Two Jailed Brothers Amputated for Theft</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian regime prison authorities <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/12/iranian-authorities-carried-out.html" target="_blank">amputated the fingers of two jailed brothers</a> by the names of Faramarz and Majid Bigham on charges of theft. These hideous measures were carried out in Urmia Central Prison in northwest Iran after they served time behind bars for four and a half years. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prison authorities also forced dozens of other inmates with similar charges to watch the shocking scene to send a message to all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwd2jtazc_reZlrhUQUgmS_W3Oob5Ef9vyIDHGAR-IdliXxqYtk-yUX60sKusKYeQV5-_q8lxJ1nuPDQrceDS-hyuLWfwh8o2z_cksjt1O99sHWYzBkfW4HxcJV-BxolyTBZGIG8r_jaA/s1600/public+amputation+of+a+hand+IRAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Judicial amputation in Iran" border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwd2jtazc_reZlrhUQUgmS_W3Oob5Ef9vyIDHGAR-IdliXxqYtk-yUX60sKusKYeQV5-_q8lxJ1nuPDQrceDS-hyuLWfwh8o2z_cksjt1O99sHWYzBkfW4HxcJV-BxolyTBZGIG8r_jaA/s400/public+amputation+of+a+hand+IRAN.jpg" title="Judicial amputation in Iran" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The inhumane mullahs’ regime is implementing such vicious punishments for theft when huge cases of theft by Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior regime officials, including judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani, are being unveiled. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Larijani himself is in charge of issuing such horrific verdicts. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The exposure of 63 bank accounts affiliated to Sadegh Larijani, with sums totaling over $650 million and a monthly profit of over $6.5 million, is only one such case. The total amount in these accounts is the sum that the regime’s judiciary has extorted from prisoners and their families under the pretext of bails.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“They have raised the issue of some bank accounts and they say [the judiciary chief] is filling his account with government money… in previous terms of the judiciary chief, assets of this branch would be transferred to an account under the name of the judiciary branch, with permission from the leader… this has not been the case only under my watch, it has also been an issue in previous terms, all under the leader’s permission,” Larijani admitted as this huge controversy continues to escalate. (State-run Mehr news agency – November 23, 2016)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All revenues of the huge financial empire known as the “Setad Ejraiye Farmane Hazrate Emam” – Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, under Khamenei’s personal control and its wealth valued at over $95 billion, has been accumulated by confiscating the property of dissidents, including families of members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and plundering the Iranian people’s wealth.</div></div><br />Source: NCRI, December 27-28, 2016<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Iran: Public Flogging Sentence Carried Out, Brothers Amputated for Theft

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Iranian Authorities Carried Out Amputation Sentences On Two Prisoners On Christmas Day

<div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0snUwrS9YqjctZDdsbUj3svmlZHTcMO-heLhXRmwpJENfq93cpuRhAmBSycavHdTci19riCDyVTYW6wh2l7_GiV217VhtA0C5vakrH0KaOVLDs4SXBdSxGAwYnwuE0iWGCbhlmIaGSA4/s1600/public+amputation+of+a+hand+IRAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Judicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments" border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0snUwrS9YqjctZDdsbUj3svmlZHTcMO-heLhXRmwpJENfq93cpuRhAmBSycavHdTci19riCDyVTYW6wh2l7_GiV217VhtA0C5vakrH0KaOVLDs4SXBdSxGAwYnwuE0iWGCbhlmIaGSA4/s400/public+amputation+of+a+hand+IRAN.jpg" title="Judicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments</td></tr></tbody></table>Four fingers of the right hand of two prisoners were amputated in an Iranian prison on Christmas day, December 25, 2016.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS (DEC 26, 2016): Amputation verdicts on two prisoners were carried out in the prison of Urmia (Northwestern Iran), Sunday December 25. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to close sources the two prisoners who are brothers, were sentenced to prison and amputation of four fingers of the right hand because of a robbery they allegedly committed in 2011. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prisoners were identified as Faramarz and Majid Bigham and the amputations were carried out in the yard of Urmia prison.<br /><br />According to sources, the other prisoners were encouraged to watch the amputations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran Human Rights (IHR) strongly condemns the medieval punishments practiced by the Iranian authorities and calls for the international condemnation and ban of such punishments.</div><br />Several weeks ago <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2698/" target="_blank">a prisoner was blinded in a prison near Tehran</a>. <br /><br />Source: <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/" target="_blank">Iran Human Rights</a>, December 26, 2016<br /><br /><br /><h2>Iran: 40 Girls and Boys Arrested in a Night Party</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">NCRI - In a continuing wave of repression and harassment of people in their private and home parties, on Saturday the Iranian regime’s police chief in Orumiyeh announced that 40 girls and boys were arrested at a night party in Orumiyeh (northwest Iran). In addition, six people were arrested in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan for cyberspace activity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to state-run Rokna news agency, on December 24, police chief in Orumiyeh said: “After the Police Emergency Center 110 received reports on a night party held in a neighborhood of Orumiyeh, law enforcement officers immediately took action and arrested 40 people.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, police officers and security agents in Sistan and Baluchistan arrested and detained at least six citizens in this province. According to the police, by coordinating with Fata Police (Cyber-Police), the repressive forces arrested these people because of their cyberspace and socials media activities.</div><br /><h3>Party in Tehran Ended up With Arrest of All Participants</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a report by the state-run Fars news agency affiliated to the Iran regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), 25 people including an actor and an author of satirical programs were arrested in Tehran after the police and security forces raided a party in the capital city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The IRGC news agency wrote in its twitter account: “An actor and a writer of satirical programs identified as ‘A. J.’ were also among the arrestees after the police and law enforcement officers with ‘judicial warrant’ raided the ceremony in Tehran and arrested the participants.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian regime's (suppressive) institutions have recently become more sensitive and more attentive to the private lives of actors and athletes following their presence in the social networks and increase in their activities, and the scope of dealing with them has also increased.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For many years, particularly in recent years, numerous instances of the arrest and detention of actors and athletes in Iran for their presence and participation in private parties and ceremonies have been reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Wednesday May 4, 2016, state-run Mizan news agency affiliated to the regime’s Judiciary had reported the arrest of seven renowned actors in a “night party.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the same month (May 2016), Abbas Jafari Dowlatâbâdi, Tehran's so-called Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor had warned athletes and artists against their participation in what he called "vulgar meetings that are contrary to the law.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, Gholam Hossein Esmaili, Judiciary Chief of Tehran Province, said that “Cultural Surveillance” of athletes and artists should be increased and suggested that the deputy of Judiciary’s crime prevention department should enter this field.</div><br />Source: <a href="http://ncr-iran.org/en/" target="_blank">NCRI</a>, December 26-27, 2016<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7PVPcKXWdiBk2aCILt2E2edJA8KO5Rl2_mJ1xlwL6fQ50a64w5CvM91AoXNDXiBRymdPZWjaPvy9nZc2iKrh6IWHWFZ4kJM-S7NGjJMSoNo-oBTJHcmCbYK4TseIaPWlgalMfxBp8Pc/s1600/Iran+The+Execution+Line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The execution line - Iran" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7PVPcKXWdiBk2aCILt2E2edJA8KO5Rl2_mJ1xlwL6fQ50a64w5CvM91AoXNDXiBRymdPZWjaPvy9nZc2iKrh6IWHWFZ4kJM-S7NGjJMSoNo-oBTJHcmCbYK4TseIaPWlgalMfxBp8Pc/s400/Iran+The+Execution+Line.jpg" title="The execution line - Iran" width="400" /></a></div>Global executions in 2016 - Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016, research by international human rights group Reprieve has found.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Saudi Arabia, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/18/at-least-150-people-executed-in-saudi-arabia-for-second-year-in-row" target="_blank">over 150 people were executed</a> for the second year running, including 47 people in one day in January 2016. Among those killed were juveniles and political protestors. Fears remain for the fate of at least three people sentenced to death as children – Ali al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon and Abdullah al-Zaher – who still await beheading.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Pakistan, the authorities continued to execute scores of prisoners from the country’s 8,000-strong death row. A total of 419 prisoners have been hanged since a moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in December 2014. Concerns remained over the strong risk of miscarriages of justice in Pakistan: earlier this year, the Supreme Court found that <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/pakistan-acquits-two-hanged-men-insane-man-faces-execution/" target="_blank">two men who had been hanged were innocent</a>. Pakistan’s government claims its use of the death penalty is a response to terrorism, but Reprieve’s research found that <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/94-hangings-pakistan-not-terrorism-cases-new-figures/" target="_blank">94% of prisoners recently hanged in Pakistan had nothing to do with terrorism</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Iran, the government continued to hang hundreds of prisoners, nearly half of whom who were arrested for alleged drug offences. Reprieve continued to raise concerns that <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/eu-funding-could-be-linked-to-mass-executions-in-iran-a7453041.html" target="_blank">international funding for Iran’s anti-narcotics police may contribute to death sentences</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">China continues to keep the number of executions a closely-guarded secret, but is widely believed to remain the world leader, with the death toll estimated in the thousands. The UK this year signed an <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/china-uk-high-level-security-dialogue-official-statement/china-uk-high-level-security-dialogue-communique" target="_blank">agreement</a> to increase cooperation with China on security and crime, leading to potential risks that British assistance could contribute to the death penalty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Other countries of concern</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The torture and sentencing to death of political protestors, and juveniles, continued apace in several countries with close ties to the UK.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of particular concern are Bahrain – where several protestors await execution on the basis of forced ‘confessions’ – and Egypt. Reprieve has established that in the last three years, <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/egypt-death-sentences-near-2000-amid-fears-irish-student/" target="_blank">the Egyptian judiciary has sentenced 1,857 to death</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, 2016 saw alarming proposals in Kuwait to <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016_11_16_INT-Letter-to-PM-Theresa-May-about-GCC-summit-as-sent.pdf">lower to 16 the age at which people can be sentenced to death</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Commenting, Maya Foa, a director of Reprieve, said:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“It is alarming that countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016. From Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, to Pakistan, Egypt and Bahrain, we have found children on death row, innocent people hanged, drugs offences dealt with as capital crimes, and torture used to extract false confessions. Countries that oppose executions must do more in 2017 to ensure that their overseas security assistance does not contribute to others states use of the death penalty.”<br /><br /><h3>#1 - China. Executed: Unknown (Est. +1,000)</h3>The number of executions is a state secret, and the executions reported in the media are likely to be a fraction of those that are carried out. China continues to execute more people than any other country in the world.<br /><br /><h3>#2 - Iran. Executed: 534+</h3>The actual number of executions is likely to be higher in Iran, given the government’s underreporting of executions and the holding of secret executions. Reprieve’s research shows that at least 211 of the hangings that took place in 2016 were for drugs offences, in violation of international law.<br /><br /><h3>#3 - Saudi Arabia. Executed: 154</h3>This execution total is close to last year’s record high of 158. Among those executed this year were at least 4 juveniles who were killed as part of a mass execution of 47 people in January. One of them, Ali al-Ribh, was arrested in school, tortured into a false ‘confession’ to protest-related charges, and executed.<br /><br /><h3>#4 - Iraq. Executed: 101+</h3>Ongoing armed conflict makes it impossible to obtain exact figures for Iraq, but Reprieve was able to establish that at least 101 executions took place in 2016. However, based on unconfirmed media reports, the real figure may be more than double this total.<br /><br /><h3>#5 - Pakistan. Executed: 87</h3>According to figures gathered by Reprieve, there had been 87 executions in 2016 as of December 6. This was a decrease since 2015, which saw Pakistan embark on an unprecedented execution spree, and leapfrog Saudi Arabia to become the world’s third most prolific executioner. The country lifted a six-year moratorium on the execution of civilians in December 2014.<br /><br /><h3>#6 - USA. Executed: 20</h3>The most prolific executioner <a href="http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/" target="_blank">among US states</a> was Georgia, which executed 9 people this year. Execution numbers fell to a record low amid growing concerns about the effectiveness of capital punishment. 2016 saw public support for the death penalty fall to under 50%, death sentences drop to a record low and every FDA-approved pharmaceutical company oppose the misuse of medicines in lethal injections, causing many states to put executions on hold.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Figures correct as of 20th December 2016.</i><br /><i><br /></i>➫ For Your Information:<b> </b>Upon reading the above article, Alan Shadrake, author of "<a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/07/once-jolly-hangman-singapore-justice-in.html" target="_blank">Once a Jolly Hangman, Singapore Justice in the Dock</a>", contacted Death Penalty News on December 23, and submitted the following comment: "They forgot to mention Singapore!"<br /><br />Source: Reprieve, December 23, 2016. 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Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016

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