Iran: large numbers

Amnesty International published a list of countries who are known to have abolished the deadpenalty.
Abolitionist for all crimes: 92
Abolitionist for ordinary crimes only: 10
Abolitionist in practice: 36
Total abolitionist in law or practice: 138
Retentionist: 59.
The list of countries where the deadpenalty is retained for ordinary crimes:
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
The rapport on deathsentences and executions 2008 (pdf-alert) is published.
This rapport shows that in Europe and Central Asia, the deathpenalty totally is abolished.
In the America's only the USA consistently executes.
Countries in Asia carried out more executions in 2008 than the rest of the world put together.The Middle East has the second highest number of reported executions.
In 2008, at least 2,390 people were known to have been executed in 25 countries and at
least 8864 people were sentenced to death in 52 countries around the world.
source: amnesty international

Iranian security forces have confiscated 4,465 kilo of drugs in several operations in the province of Tehran. These included crack, hashish and opium.
The drugs were seized Sunday from nine smugglers in the cities of Karaj and Robat-Karim.
source: Press-TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl