Feb. 22
IRAN:
45 executed in 5 days; 20 prisoners executed in Karaj on February 19, while 11
were executed in Shiraz on February 17....Wave of mass public executions in
Karaj, Shiraz, Arak, Zahedan, Kermanshah and other cities
The mullahs' regime, in the midst of an unbridled infighting for power and
fearing an outburst of popular uprisings especially with the sham presidential
elections approaching, has resorted to increasing executions and setting up
gallows in public. This inhumane regime, with at least 45 counts of executions
in just 5 days, has set a new record in crimes and brutality.
In Karaj, the regime's agents carried out 2 ruthless mass executions on
February 19th alone by sending 20 prisoners to the gallows, hanging 11 in
Ghezzel Hesar and 9 others in Gohardasht prisons.
In Shiraz 11 inmates were hanged on February 17th. Eight were executed in the
city's Adel-Abad prison and 3 were hanged in public before the eyes of
terrified people.
In Arak, 3 prisoners were hanged in public on February 20th. 3 days prior to
this 3 others were also hanged in this city's central prison.
In Kermanshah, 3 prisoners were hanged on February 20th. On February 18th, 9
prisoners in Diesel Abad prison of this city were informed of their death
sentences. Malaki, Kermanshah's criminal prosecutor, threatened further
executions, adding that he will take "serious action against criminals and
there will be no condoning."
In Boushehr, 1 prisoner was executed after 7 years in prison, on February 17th.
In Zahedan, four prisoners were executed in the city central prison on February
16th, and in the same day, a prisoner named Omar Shahbazi was executed in
Sanandaj prison.
In Ahwaz, a prisoner of fellow Arab minority, called Sabah Lovaimi, 38, was
executed in Karoon prison.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian resistance, said, "these
collective and arbitrary executions, especially on the eve of p5+1 negotiations
and UN Human Rights Council session, shows that this regime is bound to no
principle and law, and hence offering "substantial and serious" suggestions by
western countries to criminals ruling Iran encourages them to escalate their
crimes." She underscored that stopping this atrocious trend requires bounding
decisions by UN Secretary-General, imposing comprehensive sanctions against
this regime, and trial of its officials for these antihuman crimes.
(source: Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)
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