SITUATION OF THE DEATH PENALITY IN IRAN
By: Iranian Human Rights Activists Groups in EU and North America

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Evidence of the widespread, planned and systematic violation of Human Rights in Iran

According to our data, during the period of October 2005 to September 2006, 282 people have either been executed (111 people / 39 %) or have been condemned to the death penalty (171/ 61 %). Another 279 people who had been condemned to the death penalty before October 2005 are awaiting execution, raising the total number of people on the list of our annual report to 561.

By looking at the list of people who have already been executed, we can note that:

• Amongst the 111 cases of execution that have been listed, 106 are men, and 5 are women;
• The number of executions has increased by 46 %;
• The information regarding 97 individuals remains incomplete; amongst these, the identity of 22 persons has never been revealed;
• 8 people were under the age of 18 when they were accused of a crime;
• The number of political prisoners execution has increased threefold to attain 6;
• 48 people have been publicly executed in 23 different cities (all in the provinces); 2 of these individuals were stoned to death;
• Only in 31 cases, the information on the age of the persons executed was available. Amongst them, 23 people were under 30, while the oldest person was 37 years of age.;
• The identity of 4 people has not been revealed.

With regards to the people who are awaiting execution, the following points need to be underscored:
• 171 cases have been identified, amongst them 11 women and 160 men;
• 14 people are political activists;
• Only in 70 cases is the information on the age of the people awaiting execution available. Amongst them, 4 are under the age of 18, 49 are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 17 are over the age of 30;
• 4 people were under the age of 18 when they were accused of a crime;
• For 160 people, the information is incomplete and amongst them the identity of 25 people remains unknown;
• The city of Teheran, with 97 cases (58 %) of individuals awaiting execution, ranks first amongst the Iranian cities. The rest are dispersed amongst the cities and the provinces;
• Having added the other 279 persons who have already sentenced to death penalty in the period preceding our Annual Report, the total number of people who are on death row is increased to 450.

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"October 2004 to September 2005, 232 people have either been executed or been condemned to the death penalty" - IHRAG

Amnesty International (Annual Report 2004)
At least 108 people were executed, often in public. The death penalty was carried out on long-term political prisoners, apparently to intimidate political or ethnic groups such as Kurds and Arabs..
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