In the first two months of this year, 145 cruel, inhuman and humiliation death Sentence and executions Has been carried in Prisons and various cities in Iran according to official sources (70) Unofficial sources (75).
According to published reports in January 70 and 75 in February were executed in Iran.
In the two months , 71 people for drugs, 53 persons for murder, Seven people accused of rape, 11 imprisoned for security offenses, 2 political Prisoner Hadi Rashedi and Hashemi Shabani and one man as moharebeh were executed.
Most of execution were in Alborz Province with 37, in the next rank Sistan and Baluchistan with 17, Fars and Gilan provinces with eight.
The youngest prisoner was 21 and the oldest 56 years old. The mean age of those executed In the two months was 34 years. One of the prisoner, Shahryar Mozafari in Rajaee shahr, who was executed on February 19 at the age of 26, was At the time of arrest and crime ۱۸ years old. one of those executed during the past two months, was a women.
During these two months, 10 prisoners were executed in public and in front of people and even children. In one case the Prisoner was Clashed with the officers for rejection of his last wish, he just wanted to meet his mother and hugging. The Officers began to beat him before his execution. in another Case, it was used an “announcer” that he read the verses of the Quran about correct sentencing of Nemesis. He said Thank You to The judiciary and the police for execution. He wanted with this slogans, that the people to join him.
The good news during the past two months,Prisoners sentenced to death were freed from death penalty because of Forgiveness of victims families. on Gallows, a young man 27 year old in Kerman and the person who had killed his wife in Arak were returned to live.
There are other cases which are out of danger of death penalty. Two men in karoon and fars Prison and the 36 years old Prisoner who had spent 10 years in Marand prison.
be allowed to live due of Forgiveness of victims families : Two people in Qazvin, One person in Golestan, One person in Salmas Prison in West Azerbaijan, One person in Rajaee Shahr prison and Two jailed in Bandar Abbas who were in Prison with 18 and 21 years of age. Two prisoners After diverse years of imprisonment and detention, one prisoner in Arak after 15 years and another inmate in khooi after 23 years detention.
The judiciary has also withdrawn its death penalty in one case, the man who was found alive a day after being hanged in Bojnourd prison in October 2013. Now He is sentenced to life imprisonment.
In Last month iran’s official media has reported that 16 prisoners on death row with drug crime were pardoned for having memorized the Quran. But the news was denied only after several days.
The Report in the last two months in Iran Indicated an increase in the number of death penalty but it has not show all executions in the country. In many cases in various prisons, execution is Not stated and The judiciary concealed The actual number of executions. On 3 March, the eight prisoners were taken to solitary confinement in Rajai Shahr prison for the execution, Human rights groups reported that six of whom were executed. One person was not executed due to the absence of victim’s family and another one due of Forgiveness of victims families. However, state media published the news of forgiveness and nothing about execution of another six Prisoner.
