US EditionIran hangs 2 women as surge in executions intensifies, group says
- Iran hanged seven individuals, including two women, escalating capital punishment, according to an NGO.
- Parvin Mousavi, a 53-year-old mother, was executed with five men for drug-related offenses in Urmia prison in northwest Iran.
- Fatemeh Abdullahi, 27, was hanged in Nishapur for murdering her husband, also her cousin.
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Seven people, including two women, were hanged on Saturday in Iran, as the Islamic Republic increasingly resorts to the death penalty for political purposes, according to the IHR (Iran Human Rights) NGO based in Norway, reports AFP.
Shafaq News/The non-governmental organization “Human Rights in Iran” announced on Saturday that the Iranian authorities have executed seven people, including two women, in execution of a punishment that Tehran is increasingly using for political purposes.وأكدت The organization said in a statement that Parwin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two children, was hanged in Urmia prison (northwest) along with five men, all convicted of drug trafficking.وفي …
Iran Human Rights (IRH) said today that 223 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2024 and condemned the absence of fair trials.
Iran Further Ramps Up Executions, Hanging At Least 7
Preparations for a public hanging in Iran. Photo: Wiki Commons. i24 News – At least seven people, including two women, were hanged in Iran on Saturday as the Islamic Republic has further intensified its use of capital punishment, a monitor said. The Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said it has tallied at least 223 executions this year, with at least 50 so far in May alone. A new surge began following the end of the Persian New Year and Ramad…
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