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According to an Iranian human rights group
 Davoud Abdollahi, who was charged with espionage and sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, has been executed
5 July 2008

Iran Human Rights, July 4: According to the site "Human rights activists in Iran" Mr. Davoud Abdollahi, convicted of spying and sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, was executed in Tehran’s Evin prison, on June 22, 2008. Mr. Abdollahi was arrested 9 years ago, and has been held in the Evin prison since 2006.
Iranian officials have not mentioned Mr. Abdollahi’s execution so far.
Amnesty International published the following report on Mr. Davoud Abdollahi Moghadam in June 2007:
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Monthly report for June 2008: At least 18 people, among them one minor, were executed
2 July 2008

Iran Human Rights, July 2: According to the official Iranian media, at least 18 people were executed in the month of June 2008 in Iran. All of them were executed by hanging inside the prisons.
Among those executed there was at least one minor. Mohammad Hassanzadeh, who was hanged in the prison of Sanandaj, was 16 years and 11 months old at the time of execution. He was convicted of a murder he allegedly committed when he was 14 years and 11 months old.
It is important to note that these (...)
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Seven people were scheduled to be executed today. Execution of three of them was postponed and one was pardoned
 Three men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning
2 July 2008

Iran Human Rights, July 2: Three people were hanged in the Evin Prison in Tehran, early this morning, reported the state run news agency ISCAnews. They are dientified as: "Hamidreza M." (26) convicted of murdering Roohollah (21) in 2006, "Reza" (age not given) convicted of murdering "Ramin R." in 2006 and "Naghib" (age not given) convicted of murdering Abdulrasoul in 2004.
Four others were scheduled to be executed today, but execution of three of them was postponed. These three are (...)
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URGENT: 5 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN IN FEW HOURS- WEDNESDAY JULY2- MINOR OFFENDER(S) COULD BE AMONG THEM!
2 July 2008

Iran Human Rights, July 2: According to reliable sources in Iran 5 people are scheduled to be executed in Tehran’s Evin prison early Wednesday morning, July 2. By this moment we don’t have any reliable information about the identity of these prisoners. There is great concern that one or several of them could be minor offenders.
According to the website "Activists for democracy and human rights in Iran" these prisoners are transferred from the section 3 of Rajaee Shahr prison (Gohardasht), (...)
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A young man was hanged in Isfahan today
2 July 2008

Iran Human Rights, July 1: A young man identified as Hamid was hanged in Isfahan’s prison early this morning according to the Iranian daily newspaper qudsdaily. He was convicted of a murder two years ago (May 2006). Hamid’s age was not mentioned in the report.
However the website "Ebrat", which is close to the security forces reported that " a 19 years old man, identified as Hamid, was hanged in the Isfahan prison today". If the age given by Ebrat is correct, Hamid was 17 years old when he (...)
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One man is sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in Tehran, convicted of espionage for Israel
30 June 2008

Iran Human rights, June 30: One man was sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in Tehran reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA today. He is identified as Ali Ashtari (45) and is convicted of espionage for the Israeli government. No further details were revealed in the report.
However the Iranian news agency FARS published a more comprehensive report about the case. According to this report Ashtari had confessed to the charges against him and asked for (...)
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New details around the execution of the minor Mohammad Hassanzadeh
 Mohammad Hassanzadeh was 16 years and 11 months old when he was hanged on June 10, 2008 in Sanandaj. His father was not informed about the scheduled execution
25 June 2008

Iran Human Rights, June 25: Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a minor offender who was hanged in the prison of Sanandaj on June 10, 2008, was 16 years and 11 months old, according to Mohammad Mostafaei, who is the lawyer of more than 21 minors sentenced to death.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh was convicted of a murder he had committed when he was 14 years and 11 months old.
According to the Iranian newspapers Etemaad e Melli and Kargozaran, and Mr Mostafaei’s blog, the death sentence of Mohammad was (...)
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Saeed Jazi’s scheduled execution has been postponed for one month
25 June 2008

Iran Human rights, June 25: The scheduled execution of the minor offender, Saeed Jazi, which was going to take place today, has been postponed for one month, according to the sources in Iran.
It is believed that the international attention around execution of the minors in Iran, is the main factor why Saeed’s execution is postponed.
Iranian authorities claim that there is noexecution of the minors in Iran. However, Mohammad Hassanzadeh was hanged in the prison of Sanandaj (west of Iran) on (...)
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The minor offender Saeed Jazi (Jazee) is scheduled to be executed tomorrow June 25
24 June 2008

Iran Human Rights, June 24: Since there have not been any indications of postponing Saeed Jazi’s execution, it is believed his scheduled hanging at the Evin prison tomorrow will go as planned.
Saeed Jazi (21) is convicted of an alleged murder he committed when he was 17 years old. Even though he was a minor at that time, he was sentenced to death and his death sentence was approved by the judiciary. His execution was scheduled on Wednesday June 25 in Tehran’s Evin prison. He was already (...)
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President of the Norwegian Parliament asks the Iranian authorities to halt execution of the minors
24 June 2008

Iran Human Rights, June 24: Thorbjorn Jagland, president of the Norwegian Parliament has sent an official letter to his counterpart in the Iranian Majles (Parliament) Ali Larijani, asking Iran to halt the planned executions of the minors. He also asked the Iranian authorities to respect their international obligations such as UN’s Convention for the rights of the child, which banns death penalty for the offences committed as a minor. News of the letter was broadcasted by the official (...)
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