[25] Iran Human Rights, Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran-2012, p. 17, http://iranhr.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FINAL-Rapport_iran_2012-GB-250313-HD.pdf, Apr. Fed. There are specific reports of Iran executing people who were under 18 at the time of the offense, who were mentally disabled, or both. A/69/993, Jul.

for Human Rights, Iran—Death Penalty: A State Terror Policy, p. 16, Apr.

Drinking alcohol is a huddud offense which upon multiple recidivism may carry the mandatory death penalty. [21] for Human Rights, Iran—Death Penalty: A State Terror Policy, p. 55, Apr.

[4] U.N. ICCPR, Human Rights Committee, Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee: Iran, par. [35], Espionage.Under the Armed Forces Offenses Act of 2003, civilians may be executed for spying.

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2013. [9], Stoning.There are reports that stoning was used as a method of execution in 2012 [10] despite a 2002 [11] and 2008 [12] judicial moratorium on stoning. 27, 2012. Amnesty International reported that at least 507 executions were carried out in Iran in 2017. [16] Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Human Rights Brief: Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran, http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6a8664.html, Jun. [15] U.N.G.A., 69th Session, 73rd Plenary Meeting, pp. [93] Kenly Walker, Death Penalty for Porn in Iran?, CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/14/world/main2927315.shtml, Jun. [34] Intl. 220, as amended on Apr. The Pear of Anguish, deriving its name from its pear-shaped appearance, can be found on display in multiple museums around the world, including the Torture Museum in Poland and Museum der Festung Salzburg in Austria. 28, 2009; U.N.G.A., 68th Session, Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, p. 9-10, A/68/503, Oct. 4, 2013. In its Universal Periodic Review in 2010, the Human Rights Council noted that Iran interferes with the ability of human rights defenders to express their views and defend human rights in Iran. For Human Rights, Death Penalty in Iran: A State Terror Policy- Special Update for 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty, p. 6, Oct. 2013.

[30] Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, art. 28, 2009. [5] As of February 2018, there were at least 80 juveniles on death row. [13] In 2013, two men were sentenced to death for armed robbery and for “hurting the public’s feelings.” [14], Kidnapping Not Resulting in Death.Reports indicate that kidnapping not resulting in death may be punishable by death, at least when attended by aggravating factors such as rape, extortion or other criminal offenses.

Fed. 3, 4, U.N. Doc. In April 2019, Amnesty International reported the execution of two 17-year-old boys, who were 15 years old at the time of the alleged offense. for Human Rights, Iran—Death Penalty: A State Terror Policy, p. 38, Apr. [25] U.N.G.A., 63rd Session, Note Verbale dated 10 February 2009, U.N. Doc.

[52] In June 2013, Iran Human Rights reported an additional 14 secret executions in the Hormozgan prisons. for Human Rights, Iran—Death Penalty: A State Terror Policy, Special Edition for the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, p. 3, Mar. 27, 2013; Intl. [8] Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran of 1991, art. [27]

[27] Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, art. [32] Intl. [33] The Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation recorded a similar figure of 508 executions in 2017. Children who experience the loss of a pet need support and guidance to help get passed this sad stage. The Glasgow smile, also known as the Cheshire grin among London street gangs, originated in its namesake Glasgow, Scotland. [13] Iran Human Rights, Iran: Juvenile Offender Executed This Morning, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/4204/, Apr. [14] Melli-Mazhabi’s report has since been cited by notable non-governmental organizations.

[8] Iran Human Rights, One Man was Executed by the Firing Squad, and then Hanged in Isfahan Province Early This Morning, http://iranhr.net/spip.php?article169, Jan. 26, 2008. Sources state that female prisoners, in the past, were subject to custodial rape, including rape immediately prior to execution. Incestuous relations and fornication or adultery by non-Muslim males with Muslim women carries a mandatory death penalty.

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Armed drug trafficking or smuggling is punished by death, as is trafficking or smuggling drugs in prisons, rehabilitation centers or military facilities. Reports indicate that prisoners in Evin may sleep on the cold ground and become susceptible to illness. There’s nothing fishy about the benefits of omega-3s. Drug traffickers can be punished as “corrupt on earth,” which is a hadd penalty—although this could actually be the application of a hadd penalty for an offense punishable as tazir.