Two young men were hanged in Tehran today
30 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 30: Two young men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison around noon today (Saturday). Iran Human Rights had earlier today warned about their scheduled execution.
According to the state run Iranian news agencies the men were identified as "Masoud L." (19) and "Mohammad S." (21) and were convicted of raping a woman in the Lavasan area north of Tehran in the fall 2009.
The state run Fars news agency wrote that "the men were hanged with a blue noose in the court yard of (...)
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Two men scheduled to be hanged in Tehran today January 30
30 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 30: According to the reports from Iran two men are scheduled to be hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison today.
The state run news agency ISNA reported that the two men identified as "Masoud" and "Mohammad" are convicted of raping a woman in Lavasan (north of Tehran) in fall 2009, and their execution will be carried out today (saturday January 30) in middle of the day.
Execution of these men was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday, but it was postponed, (...)
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THE FIRST OFFICIAL EXECUTIONS OVER THE ELECTION PROTESTS: MOHAMMADREZA ALIZAMANI AND ARASH RAHMANPOUR WERE HANGED THIS MORNING
28 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 28: Two of the people who have been sentenced to death in connection to the post-election protests in Iran, were hanged early this morning.
According to the state run news agency ISNA, the men were identified as Mohammadreza Alizamani (37) and Arash Rahmanpour (19), and both were convicted of disruption of order and Moharebeh (at war with God) through membership in the "Monarchist Association".
The two were among 11 people who had been sentenced to death on (...)
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One man was hanged in public in Isfahan (Central Iran) today
27 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 26: One man identified as Jamshid Hadian (52) was hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Isfahan this morning reported the state run Iranian news agencies.
Mr. Hadian was convicted of shoting to death the vise prosecutor general of Isfahan’s revolutionary court in March 2009.
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the chiefe prosecutor of Isfahans revolutionary courts, Mr. Mohammadreza Habibi, said in a speech at the site of the public (...)
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One man is scheduled to be hanged in public in Isfahan (central Iran) on January 27
25 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 24: The man who is convicted of murdering Isfahan’s wise chief prosecuter is scheduled to be hanged in public in the city of Isfahan on Wednesday January 27.
According to the Iranian daily newspaper Etemaad, the man who is identified as Jamshid (53) is convicted of having murdered Isfahan’s wise chief prosecuter in March 2009. He will be hanged in front of "Shahid Tolaei judiciary complex" early Wednesday morning according to the report.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, (...)
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One man was hanged in Ardebil (northwestern Iran)
22 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 22: One man was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, northwestern Iran, reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA yesterday Jnauary 21.
The man who wasn’t identified by name, was from a village near Ardebil and convicted of murdering another man in 2007. No more information was given in the report.
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One man was hanged in the town of Khash (southeastern Iran)
21 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 21: One man was hanged in the prison of Khash yesterday morning January 20, according to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Sistan-Baluchestan.
The man who was identified as "Allahnazar Sh." was sentenced to twice qesas (retribution) convicted of murdering two other men identified as "Parviz Sh." and "Jeihand Sh." according to the report.
The report did not mention Allahnazar’s age, but according to a Baluch activist site he was 26 years old and his (...)
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Shirin Alam Hooli, a woman political prisoner has been sentenced to death in Iran
18 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 18: According to several reports from Iran, a woman political prisoner identified as Shirin Alam Hooli (Alamhooli) has been sentenced to death in a revolutionary court in Tehran.
The women web site "Change for equality" wrote that Ms. Shirin Alam Hooli was sentenced to death charged for Moharebeh (at war with God) due to cooperation with the Kurdish opposition group "PJAK" and 2 years of prison for illegal exit from the country. She was sentenced in a (...)
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Six people were hanged in Isfahan (Central Iran) early this morning
9 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 9: Six people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran) early this morning, reported the state run Iranian news agency ISNA.
Quoting Isfahan’s prosecutor, the report said: "Five of these people were members of an organized narcotics smugling league. They used false ID cards and cars with logos belonging to teh revolutionary guards (IRGC) and security forces for drug smugling. The sixth person had previously been jailed for drug trafficking and was this (...)
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The Kurdish political prisoner, Fasih Yasamani, was executed in Iran yesterday January 6.
7 January 2010

Iran Human Rights, January 7. 2010: According to several reports from Iran, a Kurdish political prisoner identified as Safih Yasamani, was hanged in the prison of Khoi (north-western Iran) yesterday morning.
According to these reports he was convicted of Moharebeh (at war with the God) and connection with a Kurdish opposition group Pjak. However, the Kurdish political party PJAK has denied Mr. Yasamani’s membership in this group.
Neither Mr. Yasamani’s lawyer nor his family were informed (...)
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