Three young men hanged in public in western Iran

Three young men were hanged publicly in the Azadi Square in Kermanshah (western Iran) on July 19th at 10:00am. According to the official website of the Kermanshah Judiciary, the men were identified as Javad A., Milad Gh., and Javad A.. They were convicted of kidnapping and raping a girl on April 25th. Blog this! Bookmark [...]

Two men hanged in public in northern Iran- One man hanged in southeastern Iran

Two men were hanged in public in Neyshabur (northeastern Iran) early this morning Thursday June 9th. According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, two young men identified as “Mohammad M.” also known az Meysam, and “Mokhtar A.” who were convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman, were hanged in public in Neyshabur. The report [...]

At least two minor offenders among the four executed in public in Bandar Abbas last week

According to the reports that Iran Human Rights (IHR) has received from reliable sources, at least two of those who were hanged in Bandar Abbas last week, were 17 years old at the time of the alleged offence. Four young men were hanged by cranes on April 21. on a beach in the Iranian city [...]