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IRAN: THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN DEATH PENALTY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD

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IRAN: THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN DEATH PENALTY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD Written by  Admin  on  October 11, 2019 . Posted in  NEWS 120,000 MEK members and supporters haven executed in Iran since 1981 Tenth of October, is the international day against the Death penalty; however, in Iran under the current despotic regime of mullahs, gallows are everywhere to take the lives of citizens every day. According to the annual report of Amnesty International Iran is still the  number one state in execution per-capita  as well as in torture and lack of legal procedures. The Iranian regime is widely using the death penalty to terrorize and intimidate society. In many occasions, it uses this apparatus to target political and conscience opponents, and also ethnic and religious minorities in a discriminative manner. Last year, Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime, appointed  Ebrahim Raeesi , the key figure in the Death Committee during the 19...

Lordegan AIDS crisis: Iranian regime continues suppression and arrest of locals

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Lordegan AIDS crisis: Iranian regime continues suppression and arrest of locals Iranian security forces suppress protests in Lordegan, where hundreds of citizens have been infected with the HIV virus Iran, October 10, 2019 —The situation remains tenuous in Lordegan county, Charmahal & Bakhtiary province, which has been grappling with an AIDS crisis in the past week. According to reports by the locals, security forces have a heavy presence in the city and are strictly controlling all movements. The regime’s suppressive forces arrest anyone they deem suspicious and have established an environment of fear in the city. According to the locals, the regime’s security forces have arrested between 150 to 200 people and have transferred all of them to Shahrekord, the province's capital. Protests erupted in Lordegan after news broke that health ministry workers had  infected hundreds of residents in Chenar Mahmoudi village with HIV virus  by using contaminated syri...

Iran: Rouhani acknowledges meddling in Iraq, sending forces

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Iran: Rouhani acknowledges meddling in Iraq, sending forces Iranian regime president, Hassan Rouhani Iran, October 10, 2019 —Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani’s latest remarks shed light into the mullahs’  meddling in Iraq  and acknowledging the fact that Tehran is dispatching forces to this country under the pretext of providing security and protection for an upcoming religious ceremony. “Fortunately, all of our apparatus and institutions are participating. Everyone is helping, from the municipalities to the ministries of Health, Road and Construction, Interior, the armed forces, the police, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Basij, the Foreign Ministry, the Red Crescent, the Communications Ministry… all organs and all public and non-government entities are taking part,” he said during his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, October 9. Regarding the ongoing developments in northern Syria, Rouhani called for the presence of Bashar Assad’s criminal army in the joint b...

Iran news in brief, October 10, 2019

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Iran news in brief, October 10, 2019

Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019

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Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 October 10, 2019 Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 Iran top per capita executioner Hundreds of people in Iran are sentenced to death annually. October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty, reminds us of the thousands of death row prisoners lingering in jails in Iran. Iranian regime officials have never heeded to the International community’s calls to abolish the death penalty. Iran’s deliberate use of capital punishment has been a constant source of international outrage and condemnation. According to several independent international bodies, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International, Iran is the leading state in executions per capita, second only to China in terms of figures. Iran also tops the charts in the number of executions of minors and juvenile offenders. From October 2018 to October 2019, Iran Human Rights Monitor has recorded ...