US EditionIran hangs 2 women as surge in executions intensifies, group says
- At least seven people, including two women, were hanged in Iran on Saturday, with 5 men for drug-related cases and a 53-year-old mother in Urmia prison.
- The Norway-based Iran Human Rights reported 223 executions this year, 50 in May, highlighting intensified capital punishment in the Islamic Republic.
- Ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, like Kurds and Arabs, are disproportionately targeted with the death penalty, according to human rights groups.
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Seven death row inmates were hanged in Iran. Among those executed were also two women.
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.
Seven people, including two women, were hanged in Iran
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 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…
Iran hangs 2 women as surge in executions intensifies, group says
PARIS — Iran hanged at least seven people Saturday, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic Republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, a nongovernmental organization said. Parvin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown children, was hanged in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran along with five men convicted in various drug-related cases, the Norway-based Iran Human Rig…
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