Iran: detained

February 7 10 people have been hanged in Vakilabad prison of Mashhad. Five of them were Afghan citizens.
All executed were convicted of drug trafficking.
Neither the families or the lawyers of those executed were informed prior to the executions.
source: iranhr.net


The Dutch-Iranian pastor Vahik Abrahamian(photo) and his wife Sonia are still detained.He was arrested before in 2009 and temporarily released in April 2010 after having spent 53 days in isolation.
Abrahamian was returned to Iran to work as pastor.
September 19th 2010 was reported on Iranian statetelevision that a group of nine christians were arrested in Hamedan.Four Armenian-christians and five Farsispeaking christians. The Farsi speaking christians were later released.



January 29 were four women released from Evinprison. One woman and three men were released three days earlier from Isfahanprison.
Currently at least 26 christians are jailed, among them Yousef Nadarkhani, who is sentenced to death for apostacy. Arash and Arezoo Kermanjani, are almost four months detained in the prison of Hamedan.
source: christiantelegraph.com


The Dutch parliament accepted a proposal for taking the extended executions in Iran to the United Nations Human Rights Council.In the resolution the Dutch government is called to investigate whether the case can be filed at the International Court of Justice.



Zaniar Moradi is a Kurdish prisoner who is sentenceld to death by hanging in public for moharebeh (enmity with god) and "corruption on earth".
Along with Loghman Moradi he was transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj to an unknown location.
The father of Zaniar Moradi said in an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his son is innocent and that the verdict is revenge against him.
December 22nd 2010 Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi , have been sentenced to death by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, Judge Salavati, for membership of the Komalah Party, and “involvement in the murder of the Mariwan Friday Imam’s son” on the night of 5 July 2009.
Both prisoners said that they were forced to accept the murder charge under torture and threats of rape.
source: persian2english.com


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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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