IRAN: Death sentence of young Kurdish man becomes definite

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The  Iranian  jidiciary has finalized the death  sentence that had been  handed down  to  a young  Kurdish man.

Who  was  under the age of 18 at the  time of attributed crime.

This young man is currently held in Sanandaj Central Prison waiting for his sentence to be carried out.

Heyman is currently 21 years old and was convicted on premeditated murder by the Sanandaj Prime Court.

Iran under the rule of the clerical regime is one of the leading executioners of juvenile offenders,.

There have been over 2,300 executions in Iran since Hassan Rouhani has been in office, more than in any similar period in the past 25 years.

Iran - Waiting to die: the Iranian child inmates facing execution All of

Waiting to die

them have written Iran’s history of human rights in their blood; the eternal 

word they have written is freedom, a cause that will succeed with the Iranian people’s resistance.

Of course, it’s been a long time since the mullahs have embedded repression in the lives of Iranians as a permanent factor.

They have not abandoned gouging of eyes and amputation of limbs, and executions are repeated every few hours.

Our compatriots, however, have not surrendered to this barbarism. They have never accepted violation of their rights and removal of their freedoms.

The mullahs’ brutality in violating our people’s rights is because they want to hold on to power.

In Iran, girls are held criminally accountable by law from the age of nine, and can be sentenced to death by hanging for crimes such as murder,

drug trafficking and armed robbery. Sadegh Souri has photographed girls in the harsh conditions of juvenile detention – many of whom are marking time until they turn 18, when their executions will be carried out

Mahsa is 17. She fell in love with a boy and intended to marry him, but her father was against the marriage. One day she had an argument with her father, got angry, and killed him with a kitchen knife. Mahsa’s brothers are requesting the death penalty for her

In a case of RETRIBUTION IN KIND in Iran, the life of a prisoner was spared at the last minute before being hanged by a couple whose son was murdered by him

In a case of RETRIBUTION IN KIND in Iran, the life

The National Observer, Dec. 18, 2015 – Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion joined the United Nations in calling on Iran to improve its human rights record in a resolution passed by the General Assembly.

The UN resolution expressed “serious concern” at Iran’s high and increasing use of the death penalty without respect for any international safeguards, which resulted in the execution of 694 prisoners between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 of this year. In addition, the resolution called on Tehran to ensure that prisoners received a fair trial with proper legal counsel and were not subjected to torture or other forms of harsh punishments such as sexual violence for forced confession.

“The text of the resolution reflects both the areas where human rights violations continue and those areas where Iran is taking steps to improve the human rights situation,” said Dion.

According to the United States Institute of Peace, Iranian authorities executed 753 people in 2014, noting that executions carried out by the Islamic Republic “have been rising at an exponential rate since 2005.”

Under Iranian law, a wide range of offences carry the death penalty, including murder, drug trafficking, political opposition, espionage, blasphemy or apostasy, adultery, and homosexual acts.

The most common method of execution in Iran is hanging, which is often carried out in public at the scene of a prisoner’s supposed crime. Other methods of execution include stoning to death, shooting and pushing the victim over from a height. Shooting the victim is no longer commonly employed, but in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, thousands of prisoners were shot dead by revolutionary firing squads. There have also been a few cases of prisoners being thrown from cliffs in years past.

“Canada and the international community remain deeply concerned about Iran’s human rights record. We call on the government of Iran to implement its human rights obligations to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for all people in Iran,” said Dion.

In addition to executions, the UN resolution condemned the Islamic Republic’s ongoing persecution of ethnic and religious minorities. It also noted that Tehran continues to restrict freedoms of expression, assembly and association by harassing, prosecuting, and detaining anyone deemed to be an opponent of the Islamic regime.

“Canada will continue to speak out about issues of concern such as human rights violations or Tehran’s regional policies,” Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Rachna Mishra said.

Under Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government, Ottawa severed diplomatic relations with Tehran in 2012 and declared Iran to be a state sponsor of terrorism. This policy remained in place even as Iran negotiated with the Americans and Europeans to resolve its nuclear crisis.

Iran: Rouhani government issues stoning for woman

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News agencies in Iran reported on 9 December, “The murder suspects of a young man have been sentenced to death, stoning and prison.

The ruling, issued with the signature of the head and advisors of branch 2 of Gilan Province’s Criminal Court, state that the first degree defendant accused (R.A.) is convicted to one count of ‘qisas’ (eye for an eye), and the second degree defendants (A.Kh.) and (S.A.) have been sentenced to 25 years prison for their role in the murder.

The first and second degree defendants in the case will also receive 100 lashes, and one of the second degree suspects has been sentenced to stoning. Furthermore, if the stoning is not carried out, based on the agreement of the court and the judiciary, the defendant should be executed.”

(Hrana – December 9, 2015)

Iran: List of IRGC commanders killed in Syria

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Mostafa Sadrzadeh, a commander of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, was killed in Syria, south of Aleppo, on October 23. The brigade, controlled and commanded by the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), is composed of Afghan forces residing in Iran that are fighting in Syria to prop up the Assad dictatorship and are involved in the murder of the Syrian people.
Sadrzadeh was a founder of the Fatemiyoun Brigade and was in charge of its Amar Battalion. The Iranian regime’s state-run Fars News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC, reported on October 23: “A number of forces who fought in the Iran-Iraq war were in the military unit under his [Sadrzadeh] command.”