Report of executions in Iran during 2017
October 10, marks the World Day against the Death Penalty.
Every day in Iran, people are executed by the state as punishment for a variety of crimes – sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. Hundreds are hanged for non-violent drug offences. This day should involve Iranian regime who have not abolished the death penalty.
Iran has the highest rate of executions per capita in the world. From August 2013 to September 2017, the total number of executions during Rouhani’s tenure has reached 3,111 cases.
executions during Rouhani’s tenure
81 of those executed during Rouhani’s tenure have been women. 24 were under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest.
Nevertheless, the true figures are definitely higher as most executions in Iran are carried out in secret.
456 executions and counting in 2017. This includes 12 women and 4 juveniles at the time of their arrest.
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Political Prisoner Died After Years of Deprivation of Medical Services
On Thursday, October 5, 2017, Mohammad Jarahi, a noble worker, who had spent more than five years in the prison of Iranian regime for restoring the rights of workers, died in hospital.Mohammad Jarahi was arrested on June 8, 2011, along with Shahrokh Zamani, on charges of "propaganda against the regime" and "assembly and conspiracy against national security" in Tabriz and was sentenced to five years discretionary imprisonment.
The regime’s henchmen deprived him from medical furlough despite his suffering from cancer. Constant denial of access to medical services, in addition to the inhumane conditions in the prisons of the mullahs’ regime, led to the rapid progression of the cancerous gland and resulted in his death one year after his release from prison.
The agents of the mullahs’ infamous Ministry of the Intelligence, had arrested Mohammad Jarrahi twice in 2007 and 2008, and continuously harassed him and his family.
The ruling religious fascism is responsible for torturing to death this noble worker, as before, many political prisoners like Shahrokh Zamani, imprisoned worker, have been murdered suspiciously in prisons or have been killed by the clerical regime due to deprivation of medical services.
While expressing condolences to the workers, especially the workers of Azerbaijan and the family of Mohammad Jarhay, the Iranian resistance, calls on all International Human Rights organizations and Labors Rights Defenders to take immediate action to save the lives of political prisoners and condemn the anti-labor policies of the clerical regime.
Report by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
General of U.N. transmitted to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, which has been submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 34/23.
It is noteworthy that recently Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, in her speech on the anniversary of 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran stated: ‘It is essential that the UN Security Council refer this case to the International Criminal Court to arrange for the prosecution of the regime’s leaders and those responsible for the massacre. How the international community approaches this genocide and this crime against humanity is a litmus test of its adherence to the principles of human rights.
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NCRI - Speaking at a rally by Iranians in London calling for human rights in their country on Saturday, Mr Struan Stevenson, former chair of European Parliament’s official Delegation for Relations with Iraq urged the EU Foreign Policy chief to speak out against “despicable situation of human rights” in Iran.
The rally called for urgent action to save the lives of over 20 political prisoners in Gohardasht prison who continue their prolonged hunger strike that began on July 30th to protest their forcible transfer to a high security section of the prison.
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The EU disregards human rights in Iran.
Federica Mogherini should be asked how she manages to continue relations with the Iranian officials despite reports of Tehran’s declining respect for human rights, writes Hamid Bahrami.
Hamid Bahrami is a former political prisoner from Iran. Based in Glasgow, he is a human rights activist and works as a freelance journalist.
Torture and Death Penalty for Another TeenagerMehrab Eyvazi, an adolescent who was arrested at the age of 17 with nine others, was sentenced to death by the regime's court for murder. According to reports, in addition to being severely beaten and mayhem in a police station, he is also threatened with rape.
Mr. Eyvazi was under the age of 18 at the time of his arrest, but the forensic court confirmed his rational and mental development in spite of his minor age, which provided the ground for the issue of the death sentence
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Iran's dissidents deserve a hearing
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AUG 21, 2017 | By KELLY JANE TORRANCE
Hassan Rouhani was sworn in for his second term as president of Iran on August 5, surrounded by fresh flowers, fervent followers, and around 500 foreign officials. Representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the United Nations, and the Vatican rubbed shoulders with the Syrian prime minister, Hezbollah second-in-command Naim Qassem, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list member Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, and murderous Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. The Westerners didn’t seem uncomfortable in such company; indeed, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was described as the star of the show after Iranian members of parliament elbowed through the crowd to take selfies with the diplomat.
Iran's brutal regime has mass executed 13 prisoners in just one day
The barbaric regime of mullahs in Iran has executed 12 prisoners on Thursday, August 10, 2017 in just two cities. 11 prisoners were hanged collectively in the city of Birjand, east of Iran and another prisoner was hanged in Zabol, another city on the eastern part of the country.
The clerical regime ruling Iran perpetrated another heinous crime by hanging a young man in Shiraz, southern Iran on the same Thursday, August 10. This young man known as Alireza Tajiki was 15 years old at the time of arrest. He was hanged today (Thursday Aug. 10) after spending 5 years in prison. Alireza was placed in a solitary confinement upon arrest at the age of 15 and was tortured for two weeks until he was forced to confess to the crime.
President Rouhani's first achievement in his second term, execution of a juvenile
Brutal Execution of a Young Prisoner Who Was 15 Years Old When Arrested
In the early morning of Thursday, August 10, the mullahs’ regime once again executed an adolescent. The regime hanged Alireza Tajiki, a young prisoner arrested at the age of 15, after serving six years imprisonment in the Adelabad prison in Shiraz, southern Iran. This crime took place despite repeated requests from human rights and international authorities.
Alireza Tajiki was transferred to solitary confinement six years ago after being arrested, and was tortured for forced confession despite being a teenager. His case was full of ambiguous questions, and his family repeatedly requested a retrial; a request that was never answered.
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Amanesry International,on 10 August 2017 condom this hanging and poblished the statement:
The list of the names of 80 women executed in Iran under Rouhani
According to the data collected from material published by the Iranian state-run press, human rights activists and their websites, or from private sources in touch with the Iranian Resistance, 80 of those executed during Rouhani's tenure have been women.
Nevertheless, the actual figures are definitely higher, as most executions in Iran are carried out secretly without anyone knowing except those who carry it out.
Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Europe must not turn a blind eye to Iran’s human rights abuses
Struan Stevenson
Amnesty International has just published a 94-page report entitled “Caught in a web of repression: Iran’s human rights defenders under attack.” It details 45 specific instances of what the organization has described as a “vicious crackdown” coinciding with the supposedly moderate presidency of Hassan Rouhani, who begins his second term in office this week.
The overall takeaway is that Iranian authorities have repeatedly diminished the standards by which they accuse and convict activists and dissenters of national security crimes, while also increasing the severity of punishments that are meted out to those same people. The abusive nature of those punishments was reinforced by new revelations that emerged alongside the Amnesty International report, mainly regarding the Islamic Republic’s notorious overuse of the death penalty.
Iran has long maintained world-leading rates of execution, and the violence and repression of the past few years have been reflected in a pattern of hangings that includes periodic spikes during which dozens of people are put to death in a single month. Last month saw just such a spike, with at least 101 death sentences being carried out, to say nothing of those that might have gone ahead in secret.
Mogherini's Attendance at Rouhani's Inauguration Encourages Iran Regime's Impunity
Attending Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration in the midst of a series of revelations is morally and politically unconscionable, writes Alejo Vidal-Quadras, as it suggests the EU will look the other way on actual abuses as long as there are pleasant-sounding promises coming out of a small faction within the Iranian regime.
On Wednesday 2 August, Amnesty International issued a new report on the systematic human rights abuses being carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Is insult to universal values of human rights
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemns the visit of Ms. Mogherini and other European officials to Iran under the rule of religious fascism, and participation in the inauguration of its illegitimate president. These travels, while at least 101 executions took place in Iran in July, are an insult to the universal human rights values of which the EU considers itself as protector and defender.
Any investment in the mullahs’ regime - while all signs indicate that it is entering its final phase - are doomed to fail with losses, leaving only this image of Europe in the minds of the Iranian people that they are throwing a rescue rope toward the regime.
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The office of Mr. Gérard Deprez MEP and Chair of the ‘Friends of a Free Iran’ in European Parliament issued the following press release today.
Iran: Report by Amnesty International and EU’s policy
Following the publication of a 94-page report by Amnesty International on 2 August 2017, “Caught in a web of repression: Iran’s human rights defenders under attack”, the Friends of a Free Iran in the European Parliament once again call on the EU and European governments to conditions their relationships with Iran to a halt to executions and a clear progress on human rights and women rights.
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Repression Escalates During Rouhani's Presidency
Amnesty International has reported on the increasing human rights abuses in Iran during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani.
The Iranian judiciary and security apparatus since 2013 has intensified the suppression of human rights defenders in Iran, according to a report by Amnesty International published on Wednesday August 2.
“The Iranian authorities have waged a ‘vicious’ crackdown on human rights defenders since Hassan Rouhani became president, demonising and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights, Amnesty writes.
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 16:39
protests against brutal executions, prosecution of regime’s leaders for crimes against humanity
The clerical regime’s killing machine has turned up its speed after their sham presidential election, hitting an unprecedented record by hanging 101 prisoners in July 2017 alone.
The actual number of executions must be considered higher as the figure does not include secret executions.
Mrs. Rajavi: Call for protests against brutal executions, prosecution of regime’s leaders for crimes against humanity
The clerical regime’s killing machine has turned up its speed after their sham presidential election, hitting an unprecedented record by hanging 101 prisoners in July 2017 alone.
The actual number of executions must be considered higher as the figure does not include secret executions.
The majority of those executed were young including two young men, aged 24 and 27, who were hanged in public in Torbat Heydarieh; a 25-year-old woman in Babol; a 24-year-old man in Kerman, two 26-year-old men in Zahedan, a 28-year-old man in Zabol, and another 28-year-old man in Gohardasht, Karaj.
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By Tony Duheaume
The Iranian regime lives in constant fear of an uprising to overthrow it. Such is its paranoia where opposition groups are concerned it has spent the whole period of its existence, eliminating dissenters.
The approach to any form of opposition shows how insecure this regime has become. But as far as extreme brutality is concerned, it could not be more prevalent than that of the regime’s treatment of dissidents at Evin Prison, where guards use torture to humiliate their captives before executing them.
Through the despicable acts taking place here, the lack of humanity shown by the prison authorities toward all those who speak out against the regime, mirrors the insecurities of the entire state.
Located at the foot of the Alborz mountains in northern Tehran, Evin Prison was originally constructed in 1972, under the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was then operated by his infamous security and intelligence service (SAVAK).
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At least 2300 pre-school kids live in prisons
The number of pre-school children who live in Iranian prisons along with their mothers has reached 2300.Mohammad Javad Fat’hi, member of the judicial committee of the Iranian parliament, announced on July 22, 2017, that 2300 kids are in prisons along with their parents, a situation which is “very strange” and “needs to be deliberated on.”
Fat’hi urged the Prisons Organization to provide a “transparent statistics on the number of imprisoned mothers,” adding, “Concealing the figures do not solve any problems, although the high numbers could be really regrettable.” (The state-run T.News website, July 22, 2017)
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Iran should grant rights groups access to prisonsAl Arabiya, 15 July 2017 -
Human Rights Watch called on Iran to allow rights groups access to prisons after the country permitted admission to foreign diplomats HRW reported.Iran allowed foreign diplomats 45 minutes of access to Evin prison, known to hold the country’s high-profile political prisoners.
However, no political prisoners held after flawed trials, were allowed to hold meetings with any of the diplomats, the organization stated.
The visit was claimed “to rebut the false human rights claims made by some western governments and media, including on our prison conditions
Don't whitewash the Iranian regime's crime by Amir Basiri,
Jul 12, 2017-- Last week, the Iranian regime took the ambassadors of 45 foreign countries for a tour of the notorious Evin prison in Tehran to judge for themselves how the state treats prisoners. The tour came one day after Javad Larijani, the head of the Iranian regime's so-called 'Human Rights Organization,' claimed there are no political prisoners in Iran.
This was an attempt to debunk the increasing wave of international criticism at Iran's human rights violations, especially in its prisons.
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Iran: Foreign diplomats tour of Evin prison a 'crude PR stunt'
Amnesty International, 13 July 2017-- Last week the Iranian authorities arranged a rare visit to one of the country’s most infamous prisons for representatives of up to 45 foreign diplomatic missions from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
The authorities made no secret of the fact that the tour of Evin Prison in Tehran was designed to counter negative Human rights reports about the prison, and showcase the “excellent facilities” on offer which include an in-house beauty salon, gym, library and restaurant.
In the days that followed, state media outlets were flooded with news stories praising conditions at the prison including congratulatory comments from Indian, Indonesian, Portuguese and South Korean delegates.
In reality, this rosy picture could not be further from the truth.
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57 EXECUTED IN IRAN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JULY
Maryam Rajavi: The Iranian regime’s stepped up resort to mass executions is a desperate bid to curb social upheavals
International community called to censure criminal executions, reject Tehran’s religious fascist regime
The growing trend of mass executions since the beginning of July which has amounted to at least 57 executions so far is a desperate attempt by the clerical regime to counter the rising wave of public discontent and prevent the spread of popular upheavals by creating an atmosphere of fear and terror.
This was announced by Maryam Rajavi. She called on the nation, particularly Iranian youths, to voice their protest against such arbitrary executions and express their support for and solidarity with the families of the victims.
Maryam Rajavi emphasized the need for urgent international action to condemn such criminal killings, conditioning continuation of their relations with the regime on the end to the death penalty. She further called on the world community to reject the religious fascist regime ruling Iran.
Ten prisoners were executed in Gohardasht Prison, the Central Prison of Orumiyeh and Hamedan’s Prison on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Borzou Sheikhi, executed in Orumiyeh, was a professor at the University of Orumiyeh. He was hanged while still mentally insane.
On July 11, two prisoners were executed in the Prison of Semnan. The day before, on July 10, another two prisoners were executed in the Prison of Gorgan. Another man was executed in Mahabad.
On July 9, ten prisoners were executed in the Prison of Taybad in the northeastern Razavi Khorassan Province and another inmate was executed in the Prison of Arak, Central Province.
In another criminal undertaking last week, four prisoners were executed in the Central Prison of Orumiyeh and a 32-year-old man was hanged in the Central Prison of Rasht on July 8.
Twenty-six prisoners were executed from July 1 to 5, in the cities of Maragheh, Orumiyeh, Gohardasht of Karaj, Rasht, Qa’emshahr, Isfahan, Zahedan, Zanjan, Kerman, Semnan, and Torbat Heydarieh where the victims were hanged in public.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 12, 2017
Iran Regime's Plan to Execute 120 Prisoners
Reliable reports received from the families of prisoners incarcerated in Gohardasht prison and some informed sources in the prisons indicate that some prisoners who were transferred to solitary confinement in the past few days have met with their families for the last time in Gohardasht prison near Karaj.According to the families, the death sentence of at least 13 prisoners will soon be implemented.
A large number of the families of the death row prisoners had gathered outside the prison on Tuesday, July 11, behind the prison doors.
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Iran just gave foreign delegates a tour around a ‘luxury’ part of one of their most notorious prisons
A UK representative was present on the tour, viewing wings that house wealthier prisoners, while British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe languished in a building nearby Last week the Iranian authorities arranged a rare international visit to one of the country’s most infamous places of detention – Evin Prison in Tehran.
This visit wasn’t arranged for an international prison expert or a human rights body. It was for representatives of over forty foreign diplomatic missions from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. The UK had a representative there.
The foreign delegates were shown around some limited areas of the prison, and there was a roundtable discussion, held outdoors in a lush garden. There are photos in circulation and you can see various countries’ flags perched on al fresco tables, the Union Jack amongst them. By the standards of diplomatic meetings, it all looks rather idyllic.
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Imprisoned women protest guided tour of Evin Prison
The clerical regime organized a guided tour of Evin Prison for ambassadors of 45 countries on July 5, 2017.
In a letter addressed to the ambassadors who visited Evin Prison on a guided tour on July 5, 2017, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared said what they had witnessed was a “Potemkin village.”
Maryam Akbari Monfared, mother of three, has been in prison for eight years for having contacts with her sisters and brother who are members of the opposition. She has already lost four siblings in the mass executions of the 1980s and the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
Link of the text of her letter
Also Political prisoner, Reza Akbari Monfared, incarcerated in Gohardasht prison wrote an open letter addressed to the wakeful consciences and human rights activists to expose the scenes and conspiracies of the Iranian regime regarding the visit of ambassadors of some countries to Evin prison.
And political prisoners Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi wrote an open letter to the above-said ambassadors on July 8 and explained the intolerable conditions of Evin Prison.In part of their letter, Ms. Iraee and Ms. Daemi wrote about “solitary cells that have no windows, ventilation and lavatory.”
Read the text of the letter
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Imprisoned women protest guided tour of Evin Prison
The clerical regime organized a guided tour of Evin Prison for ambassadors of 45 countries on July 5, 2017.
In a letter addressed to the ambassadors who visited Evin Prison on a guided tour on July 5, 2017, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared said what they had witnessed was a “Potemkin village.”
Maryam Akbari Monfared, mother of three, has been in prison for eight years for having contacts with her sisters and brother who are members of the opposition. She has already lost four siblings in the mass executions of the 1980s and the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
Link of the text of her letter
Also Political prisoner, Reza Akbari Monfared, incarcerated in Gohardasht prison wrote an open letter addressed to the wakeful consciences and human rights activists to expose the scenes and conspiracies of the Iranian regime regarding the visit of ambassadors of some countries to Evin prison.
And political prisoners Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi wrote an open letter to the above-said ambassadors on July 8 and explained the intolerable conditions of Evin Prison.In part of their letter, Ms. Iraee and Ms. Daemi wrote about “solitary cells that have no windows, ventilation and lavatory.”
Read the text of the letter
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