Iran: Death penalty/ torture and ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 13/075/2008
Date Published: 30 May 2008
Categories: Iran

Teacher Farzad Kamangar, a member of the Kurdish ethnic group, has been sentenced to death on charges of moharebe, or ‘enmity against God’, a charge levelled against those accused of taking up arms against the state. Ali Heydariyan and Farhad Vakili may also be facing execution.