Iran: Executions reach 265 deaths in a year

Iran continues to hang and STONE people for such "crimes" as homosexuality, infidelity and political crimes, amongst others. Executions are the one area Iran is in the forefront. Certainly the Iran Islamic regime is not tolerant or enlightened.
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Iran: Two hanged in Iranian Kurdistan
Tehran, 12 Oct. (AKI) - Two Iranians, Kiumars and Nader Mohammadi have been hanged in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province, authorities announced on Friday.

The two young men's families were told that they were buried in the cemetery of Behesht Mohammed in the city of Sanandaj, about 500 kilometres from the capital Tehran.

The families were asked not to organise any public ceremony of remembrance to avoid these turning into an anti-regime protest.

Kiumars and Mohammadi were hanged on Wednesday - World Day Against the Death Penalty

In 2006 Iran carried out the second highest number of death sentences, most of them by hanging. It was surpassed only by Iran.

Excluding the hangings of Kiumars and Mohammadi, 265 executions took place in Iran between October 2006 and the end of September 2007.

Iran: Executions reach 265 deaths in a year
Tehran, 10 Oct. (AKI) - Iran has executed 265 people in the past twelve months in a dramatic increase over the previous year, according to an international human rights organisation.

The International Coalition Against the Death Penalty released the figures on Wednesday saying the figures tallied from the beginning of October 2006 to the end of September this year.

It said the number of executions was far higher than the 140 executions recorded in the previous 12 months.
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