Executions in Iran

Iranian authorities executed Davood and Bahaoddin Ghasemzadeh for a crime that took place 12 years ago and, according to amnesty International, following a conviction based ...

Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior Iranian official has insisted to ...

Iran’s ruling mullah regime not only kills and represses women and men, but also issues death sentences against children, which has been denounced by several ...

Two death row prisoners sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Zahedan Central Prison.

A 20-year-old man who was found guilty of a murder that occurred when he was only 17 could face execution in Fars Province in a ...

Iran Human Rights (IHR); June 22, 2021: Death row prisoner Habib Rezaei who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Salmas ...

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ plans on 28 June to execute 20-year-old Hossein Shahbazi, who was convicted of a murder that took place when he ...

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurdpa, Salmas native Habib Rezaei had been previously sentenced to death on a charge ...

A man was recently sentenced to death in Tehran under the “Qisas” (loosely translated as eye-for-an-eye) principle of Shariah Law.

Ebrahim Raisi, the favorite in Iran’s presidential election, has used his position at the heart of the judiciary for grave rights violations, including mass executions ...

Ebrahim Raisi, the favorite in Iran’s presidential election, has used his position at the heart of the judiciary for grave rights violations, including mass executions ...