Iran: hypocrisy

In the prison of Sirjand, Kerman province is a man hanged.
ISCA reported that the unnamed man was convicted for drugstrafficking.
source: iranhr.net



Six students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran who were released on bail,
have reported being harshly interrogated, beaten over long periods of time, and tortured in an effort to force them to confess to relations with the United States, Israel, and the Mojahedin (MEK) opposition group.
Kourush Daneshyar, Hosein Torkashvand, Esmaiel Salmanpur, Nariman Mostafavi and Yaser Torkaman were released April 25 after paying bail between $200,000 and $300,000.
Ahmad Ghasaban was released May 11, 2009, after paying bail of $200,000.
Majid Tavakoli was ordered to be released on bail, but is still in jail although he has posted bail.
Three students remain in detention.
Abbas Hakimzadeh en Mehdi Mashayekhi remain in prison on intelligence officials’ orders and are reportedly in dire condition.
No information is available about Masoud Dehghan.
source: iranhumanrights.org


The deathsentence by stoning against Rahim Mohammadi and Kobra Babaei,who are imprisoned in Tabriz, has been upheld by branch 27 of the Supreme Court.
The couple, which has a 12-year-old daughter, began to engage in prostitution after failing to escape extreme poverty.
They turned for help to governmental officials and others and certain officials were willing to help them in exchange for sexual relations.
In an interview with Rooz their lawyer told that he wrote a letter to the country’s attorney general about the ethical degradation of some (in the letter named) government officials, who agreed to help Rahim only in exchange for having sexual relations with his wife.
In this case, 31 individuals were arrested, most were government officials, who were contacted by his clients for help.
They have all received light sentences.
source: roozonline.com


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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