Seven people hanged in Iran
Seven people hanged in Iran
Seven people were hanged in the Iranian city of Isfahan last week, reported Kayhan daily basing its report on the statements by the prosecutor of the city.
Six of those executed were condemned to death on the grounds of drug trafficking, while one other was charged with rape.
According to Kayhan daily, Prosecutor Muhammad Reza Habibi stated that the ages of the executed ranged from 25 to 45.
Together with China, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., Iran takes place among the very few countries with the highest rate of death penalty. Iranian sharia laws order execution for the crimes of murder, rape, armed robbery, adultery and drug trafficking which is known to be the most common crime committed in the country.
According to a UN expert report, the Iranian regime, which executed ten people for drug trafficking on 7 November, sentenced 300 people to death penalty in the first eight months of 2012 and 670 people in 2011. The real number of death sentences is however thought to be higher as the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Harm Reduction International (HRI) stated that the Iranian regime sentenced over 1000 people to death on the grounds of drug trafficking in 2010 and 2011. This number is said to have been tripled in comparison to earlier years.
In a joint statement by two organizations, it was said that 80 percent of these sentences were passed on people who only "used drugs". According to Amnesty International, at least 389 people were hanged by the Iranian regime in 2009 and among them 166 were charged with crimes linked to drug trafficking.
Iran has been an important passage line for the drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe and the Middle East. According to official estimates, two million people in the country, which has a population of 75 million, are using drugs and among them 400 are heroin users. On the other hand, opponent sources say over 11 million people in the country use drugs.
Six of those executed were condemned to death on the grounds of drug trafficking, while one other was charged with rape.
According to Kayhan daily, Prosecutor Muhammad Reza Habibi stated that the ages of the executed ranged from 25 to 45.
Together with China, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., Iran takes place among the very few countries with the highest rate of death penalty. Iranian sharia laws order execution for the crimes of murder, rape, armed robbery, adultery and drug trafficking which is known to be the most common crime committed in the country.
According to a UN expert report, the Iranian regime, which executed ten people for drug trafficking on 7 November, sentenced 300 people to death penalty in the first eight months of 2012 and 670 people in 2011. The real number of death sentences is however thought to be higher as the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Harm Reduction International (HRI) stated that the Iranian regime sentenced over 1000 people to death on the grounds of drug trafficking in 2010 and 2011. This number is said to have been tripled in comparison to earlier years.
In a joint statement by two organizations, it was said that 80 percent of these sentences were passed on people who only "used drugs". According to Amnesty International, at least 389 people were hanged by the Iranian regime in 2009 and among them 166 were charged with crimes linked to drug trafficking.
Iran has been an important passage line for the drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe and the Middle East. According to official estimates, two million people in the country, which has a population of 75 million, are using drugs and among them 400 are heroin users. On the other hand, opponent sources say over 11 million people in the country use drugs.
