Tehran: Last year, Iran executed 3 people on charges of deadly violence against security personnel during anti-government protests. The execution of Majid Kazmi, Saleh Mirhashmi and Saeed Yaghobi was announced on the Judiciary website “Meezan”. The statement did not provide details on how the execution was carried out. The men killed a police officer and…
More than 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, High Commissioner Türk said, making the country “one of the world’s highest executors”, with at least 209 people executed since the beginning of the year according to sources quoted by the UN rights office (OHCHR), in a press release. Incompatible with international norms…
File photo Iran executed an Iranian national with dual citizenship for terrorism. According to the foreign news agency, Iranian citizen Habib Chab, who was sentenced to death, also had the citizenship of Sweden. According to the Iranian judiciary, Habib Chab was the head of the terrorist organization Harakat al-Andal, which was accused of involvement in…
