Iran: toll

November 7 are in the prison of Kerman four men hanged.
The men, Morteza Y., Akbar J., Mehdi B. and Alireza S. were sentenced to death with involvement in drug trafficking. The age of the men was not mentioned in the report.
Iran Human Rights underlines that the charges for which the men were executed are solely based on the information given by the Iranian authorities and can not be confirmed by independent sources.
source: iranhr.net


Seyed Kouhzad-Esmaili, the chairman of the Gilan Branch of the Iran Student Organization (Strengthening Unity), appeared November 4 at the detention centre of the Ministry of Information in Gilan.
This happened two days after agents of the ministry searched his business and confiscated books, his computer, checquebooks and businesscontracts.
They also threatened his mother in case he should not give himself up.
source: ihrv.org



Human Activists in Iran reports that between November 4th and 6th, 2009, Evin prison has issued registration cards for at least 400 people arrested during 13Aban protests.
The detainees were moved in groups to Evin from different police stations and temporary detention centers and have been placed for the most part in Ward 209 and the isolation section of ward 7.
Some reports say that the actual number of detainees could be higher, but the judiciary and the police say that only a small number of people have been arrested.
source: hra-iran.net



Human Rights Watch urged Iran to immediately halt the planned executions of juvenile offenders.
At this moment three men are sentenced to death for alleged homosexual conduct at a time when they did not reach the age of 18 yrs.
Mehdi P., from Tabriz; Moshen G., from Shiraz; and Nemat Safavi, from Ardebil are all three sentenced to death. No date has been set for their execution yet,but the lawyer of two of the men fears that this will happen soon.

Mehdi P. and Mohsen G. denied the charges and no witnesses testified against them. Safavi was arrested at the age of 16 in 2006, and tried by a court in Ardebil.
source: hrw.org




Fars reported that at the protests of 13Aban a Japanese and two Canadian journalists were arrested and are charged with ""unauthorized reporting".
Danish journalist Niels Krogsgaard and the local reporter of AFP Farhad Pouladi were also arrested.
Press-TV writes that two Germans and a Canadian are released.
source: washingtonpost.com, PressTV




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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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