More Domestic Terror in Iran

Iran hanged a man in public on Sunday for killing a judge, Fars News Agency reported, the latest of a series of executions that have been criticised by rights groups and European states.
The 28-year old, named only as Amir-Hossein R., was convicted of the murder in July of a judge in Gharchak, a town 40 km (25 miles) south of Tehran, the report said.

The number of executions, many in public, has risen since July with the launch of a summer crackdown on "immoral behaviour". During the campaign, police have arrested dozens of drug addicts, smugglers, rapists and murderers.

The clamp down has also included an initiative to confront youths who fail to adhere to Iran's strict Islamic dress codes. Youths found flouting the rules may be verbally reprimanded on the spot or briefly detained.

More Photos
Update: DOMESTIC TERROR IN IRAN

Read more!

Iran: 15 more executions tomorrow at dawn in Evin Prison

گزارش تکاندهنده؛ سحرگاه فردا پانزده تن دیگر اعدام خواهند شد
کمیته دانشجویی گزارشگران حقوق بشر
گزارش تکان دهنده از برخوردهای صورت گرفته با متهمین با عنوان " اراذل و اوباش"
بنابر اعلام دستگاه قضایی 15 تن از متهمان با عنوان "اراذل و اوباش" سحرگاه فردا در زندان اوین اعدام خواهند شد.
نیروهای انتظامی با همکاری دادستانی که در ماههای گذشته با نام طرح ارتقای امنیت اجتماعی، برخورد با افراد با عنوان "اراذل و اوباش" را آغاز نموده بودند، در طی دو هفته گذشته بیش از 20 تن از متهمان را در شرایطی اعدام نمودند که به گفته ی تعدادی از خانواده ها پرونده های آنان مراحل قانونی آیین دادرسی را پشت سر نگذارده و در مدت گاهی کمتر از یک ماه حکم اعدام آنان به اجرا گذارده شده است.

Iran press news: "Tomorrow, at dawn, 15 more "hoodlums and gangs" will be executed in Evin prison. Within the past two weeks, more than 20 people have been executed and according to their family members their cases have not even gone through the regular judiciary and trial processes, and they've been executed less than one month of being arrested.--end translation.

The Islamic Republic routinely executes political prisoners under the pretence of
common criminals. Last week Maysam Lotfi, a student activist was hanged/executed as a "gang member". Iran’s judiciary habitually manufactures trump up ludicrous charges (including forced confessions) or tag on extra charges like ‘rape’ or ‘murder’ to sow confusion amongst local and international human rights campaigners.




Maysam Lotfi, student activist, executed last week as a "gang member".


The process and methods by which these verdicts are arrived are extremely dsyfunctional and arbitrary. The judiciary, legal system and courts, in general, in Mullah ruled Iran are absolutely dysfunctional.

Two different people can be sentenced to two different punishments for exactly the same crime depending on how much each one is favored by those in charge of passing the sentence. If murder, kidnapping, thievery, adultery, torture and rape was to be applied across the board, then many of the ruling mullahs and their cohorts should have been stoned or hanged to death long ago. Not to mention that many of the articles which currently exist in Islamic government constitution are not adhered to or are generally so vague and codified that one can interpret them any way one wants to and is expedient. Basically, if you’re part and parcel o the regime's elite, you can get away with murder and much worse.

They are intentionally vague and highly subjective. Check out capital offenses are actually mentioned in IR constitution including articles 83, 102 and 104??and others.

Basically, if you’re a Basiji or IRGC or Reformists (e.g. Last year murderer/rapist Basiji freed after spending a few days in jail see: Iranian.com) or part and parcel of the regime, you can get away with anything but if you’re not part of the regime's cabal, then you’re out of luck.


Also consider blogger,Katayoun's excellent points on difference between democracy and theocracy:

Democracy, can be defined in terms of “the elected representatives of the people” and their role as “the legislators”. But Theocracy relies on the legislative power of Allah. In other word, “the legislator is Allah through his prophet”. (Religous rights aretthe only rights recognize; human rights are irrelevant in a theocratic system)

Democracy: permits modifications of laws according to the “conditions and needs of the time”. But, Theocracy does not recognize such modifications and accordingly treats the “laws” as “absolute, and unalterable”.

Democracy: treats every man, all subjects, as equal in the eyes of the law. But Theocracy does not recognize such “equity” and declares that, “in the eyes of the law, Moslems are above Non-Moslems”, just as ‘men are above women”, and accordingly, “religious minorities” are “second-class citizens”. And on top of that, “Non-believers, and non-recognized-religions” are excluded from “civil” treatments.
Democracy: allows ‘limited power’ and of course, ‘accountability for the head of the state’. (For the sake of these definitions, we need not argue as to whether these criteria are being met at the hands of a democratic system or not, for it does not effect the aforementioned statements)Theocracy: thrives on “unlimited power’ as well as justifies and validates ‘unaccountability’ for the head of the state, the Vali-e. ( Guardian of the retarded,supreme leader of Ignorance, Khamenie). ”

Read more!

Iran holds World Record in Execution

Archer: This is the English translation of a satirical post by Labyrinth. The picture is from here, taken recently in Iran right when the executed guy is being taken down. Warning: Graphic picture!
Record

Executing twelve men in one day is a good record, but it is not enough. If we are willing to add our country’s name to Guinness World Records, we need to go further than this. Although, as most countries are going towards ban of execution, we are going to have a much better chance. One of the people who is pushing hard for the inclusion of the name of Iran in the Guinness [referring to Saeed Mortazavi (سعید مرتضوی) the General Prosecutor of Tehran] recently talked about seventeen more to be executed very soon. God willing, when their verdict is finalized, their execution in one day will enhance our record. In other news, as Uzbekistan bans execution, no country in the central Asia is competing with us.

Mass Execution (Updated II) (July 22,2007)

Execution in the Islamic Republic (Very Graphic )(July 2007)

Read more!

Iran: Student Activist Executed as Gang-Member

Archer's blog: Meisam Lotfi (میثم لطفی) was reportedly executed for being a gang-member. He is in fact a student activist. Shahrzad News, a reputable independent website, talked to his mother, before he was executed.

It was 1am when they woke up with a knock on their door. The 25-year-old son tried to escape from the Police, but was shot at with 17 bullets, two of which hit his leg. He was then sentenced to execution. Before we managed to find and publish his pictures he was executed.

Meisam spent six month in the infamous Evin Prison after the July 1999 student riots. His sister was also attacked by the Police and received 40 stitches. Meisam had spent 55 days in solitary confinement after he was accused of setting tires on fire during the protests which followed the fundamentalists’ raid to the dormitory of University of Tehran.

For more pictures published anonymously at the night he was arrested see here.. And here is the rest of it.

Read more!