Death Penalty
Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran
This preliminary report documents and analyzes the regime’s brutal suppression of dissent after the June 12, 2009 presidential elections. Hours before the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ... Read more
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN- 2012
Introduction: The fifth annual report of Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran is an assessment of how the death penalty was used ... Read more
IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran - 2013
This chart documents executions of people by the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning in January 2013. The official announcements are noted but, as the Iranian government does not announce many executions, it is difficult to know the exact number. ... Read more
Death Sentences for Five Ahwazi Arabs Upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court
(11 January 2013) – Branch 32 of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has upheld the death sentences of five Ahwazi ... Read more
Witness Statement of Mahnaz Parakand
Name: Mahnaz Parakan Date of Birth: 1959 Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran Occupation: Lawyer Interviewing Organization: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview: June ... Read more
Joint Statement on International Day Against the Death Penalty
We, the undersigned organizations, strongly oppose the continuing use of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We are concerned that Iran’s radical policies, which allegedly aim to eradicate drug-trafficking and result in the execution of several hundred prisoners every year, are supported in part by international funding. ... Read more
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - 3-20-2012
A/HRC/19/82 Distr.: General 20 March 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office ... Read more
Infographic of the number of executions in Iran in 2012
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to execute people at an alarmingly high rate including those convicted for drug trafficking, a crime that does not ... Read more
Saeed Malekpour: A Canadian on Iran’s death row
By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Evin Prison Ward 350 The pain bores through the night like a red hot needle: a torturer’s tool embedded in the body and ... Read more
IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran - 2012
This chart documents executions of people by the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning in January 2012. The official announcements are noted but, as the Iranian government does not announce many executions, it is difficult to know the exact number. ... Read more
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