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537 executed in Iran within year

14 October 2013 08:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Real Jafarli – APA. A report on executions in Iran has been made public, APA reports quoting Iran Press News.

From October 11, 2012 to October 10, 2013 at least 537 people were hanged in various cities across Iran. This figure represents a 9% increase in the number of hangings over the same period last year. 213 people (40%) were executed in secret.

FIFA responded to the execution in a soccer stadium by sending a protest letter to the Iranian Football Federation.
The most number of executions were carried out in Alborz province. Due to the three major prisons in this province (Ghezel Hesar, Rejaei Shahr and Karaj penitentiary) it had the high statistics of executions. The provinces carrying the most number of executions are: Alborz with 93 hangings, Tehran with 42 hangings and Fars and West Azarbaijan with 38 hangings each. With 47 hangings, Rejaei Shahr prison holds the highest number of executions statistic, followed by Oromieh with 40 hangings and Ghezel Hesar with 37 hangings. Fars province carried the highest number of public executions in various cities in the province. 23 people were hanged publicly in this province during this period.

62% of the executions during this period were convictions on drug charges, 13% were for murder charges and 11% were for rape.

The execution at age 18 in Ahwaz Karoon prison of a juvenile offender who was charged with committing murder at age 14, is the most controversial case in this regard. Also, another juvenile offender named Farhad, who had committed murder at age 17, received the death sentence by Branch 74 of the Criminal Court. At the time of this report, and on the International Day Against the Death Penalty, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Bahaedin Ghasemzadeh who had committed murder at age 16.

During this period, the Judiciary has sentenced to death 106 people in various cities on charges other than drug charges.

488 people were executed in Iran from October 11, 2011 to October 10, 2012. This figure is 9% lower than the current figure.

Minimum 24, maximum 88 people are expected to be executed in November 2013 and minimum 13, maximum 47 people in December.