Multiple Reports of Secret Group Executions in Vakilabad Prison

(25 October 2010) Iran’s judiciary should immediately institute a moratorium on all executions at Vakilabad Prison in Mashad and provide a transparent response to allegations of excessive numbers of executions at the facility, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today.

The Campaign continues to receive credible reports from former Vakilabad prisoners about repeated, unannounced group executions of inmates. Reliable sources indicate that numerous executions have taken place inside Vakilabad over the last year and more than 600 inmates remain on death row.

Lawyer Says Client Should Have Been Sentenced to One Year In Prison, Not Death

Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaee’s death sentence on the charge of moharebeh (enmity with God) has been upheld by an appeals court in Tehran. His lawyer, Mehdi Hojjati, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “He was accused of cooperating with the Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MEK). In accordance with Islamic Penal Code, the Revolutionary [...]

Family Unfairly Sentenced to Death

(20 April 2010) Death sentences issued to three family members and two of their close associates after a politicized, unfair trial, at which only weak evidence was presented, reveal a continuing program of punishing post-election protestors and intimidating the population, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

These five cases, together with that of Abdolreza Ghanbari, also sentenced to death, are based on allegations that the defendants sent videos and pictures to the opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MKO).

“These sentences would be grossly disproportionate even if evidence linked the defendants to the charges, and they demonstrate complete disregard for justice and due process in perversely sending innocent citizens to the gallows,” said the Campaign’s spokesperson, Aaron Rhodes.

Emad Baghi’s “The Bloodied Stone”

Emad Baghi’s piece “The Bloodied Stone” on the lawfulness within Islamic jurisprudence of stoning executions.

Emad Baghi’s Letter to the Judiciary

Letter by Emad Baghi to Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Shahroudi, about the jurisprudential process of capital punishment.

Juvenile Executions in Iran

List of 114 Child Offenders Awaiting Execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran