Two brothers, Mohammad Fathi, 28, and Abdollah Fathi, 27, were hanged Tuesday morning inside Isfahan’s Dastjerd Prison. On Monday, the family of...
Iran Supreme Court approves death sentence for political prisoner
Iran’s Supreme Court has approved the execution sentence for political prisoner Habibollah Latifi, the Campaign to End Capital Punishment in Iran...
Only One Month to Find, Sentence and Execute Suspects, Says Ahwazi Activist
Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who currently resides in London,...
Shirkoo Moarefi’s Lawyer Says His Execution Orders Have Been Issued
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Saeed Sheikhi, political prisoner Shirkoo Moarefi’s lawyer, said that his...
Rumors of Scheduled Execution for Kurdish Activist are False, Says Lawyer
Reports circulating in late March during Iranian New Year about the imminent execution of Shirkoo Moarefi, a 31-year-old Kurdish political...
More Secret Group Executions in Mashad Prison, Despite Concerns Raised by UN Secretary General Report
Secretary General's Report: "In July 2010, a large number of prisoners were reportedly executed at one time in Mashhad prison. When OHCHR staff...
Government Websites’ Calls To Violence And Executions Unleash Attacks From Hackers
Attacks of an anonymous group of hackers on Iranian government websites at the Foreign Ministry, the Atomic Energy Organization, the Islamic...
Officials Should Stop Incitement to Violence, Arbitrary Prosecutions and Executions
(16 February 2011) A demand by over 200 members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) that opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions
(Paris, 14 February 2011) – Other nations and the UN should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi...
Ten More Secret Executions at Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison
Local sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that on Monday, 7 February 2011, only a few days after the United Nations’...