Iran

Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran: Further information: Stay of execution for Iranian woman
13 October 2009

A 35-year old Iranian woman who had been due to be put to death on 11 October has received a stay of execution. She was convicted of murdering her 74-year-old husband ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/106/2009

Latest juvenile execution in Iran condemned | Amnesty ...
13 October 2009

Behnoud Shojaee, a 21-year-old Iranian, has been executed at Tehran's Evin Prison for a murder he was accused of having committed when he was17.

Story      

Iran: One Juvenile Executed; Another at Risk
12 October 2009

Iranian male juvenile Behnoud Shojaee, aged 21, was executed in Evin prison, Tehran, at dawn on 11 October 2009. He had been convicted of murder, and the family ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/105/2009

Iran: Protester death sentence must be reviewed | Amnesty ...
9 October 2009

Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to rescind the death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death ...

Press Release      

Iran: Further information: Iranian woman at imminent risk of ...
9 October 2009

A 35-year old Iranian woman, Akram Mahdavi, may be at imminent risk of execution for the murder of her 74-year-old husband in 2003. She could be put to death as ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/104/2009

Iranian protester's death sentence must be reviewed | Amnesty ...
9 October 2009

Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to rescind the death sentence imposed on post-election protester Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani.

Story      

Iran: Two juveniles to be executed within days
9 October 2009

Two Iranian male juveniles are at risk of imminent execution in the capital, Tehran, for murders they were found guilty of having committed while under the age ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/103/2009

Le Fil. Octobre/Novembre 2009
8 October 2009

Le Fil. Octobre/Novembre 2009

Document       NWS 21/005/2009

Iran: Halt Executions of Kurdish Prisoners
8 October 2009

Three men, members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are at risk of imminent execution. This may be in reprisal for a spate of assassinations and attempted assassinations ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/102/2009

The Wire, October/November 2009. Vol. 39, issue 005
8 October 2009

1) Worldwide Appeals: DRC: Tortured in detention; Paraguay: Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities; Iraq: Detained without trial for nine years; Nepal ...

Document       NWS 21/005/2009