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Two Brothers, Ali and Habib Afshari were executed on the same day!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 24, 2015
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  • Ali and Habibollah Afshari, execution, Iran, Saman Nasim
See statement of International Committee against Execution below: On Friday, February 20th the Afshari family was informed that these two political prisoners, Ali Afshari and Habibollah Afshari were hanged on Thursday morning. ICAE News Agency: Within the past two days, six political prisoners who were on death row were transferred to an unknown location and […]
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Saman Nasim must not be executed tomorrow

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 18, 2015
  • 6 Comments
  • execution, Iran, Saman Nasim
19 February Update: Saman Nasim’s brother says his brother has not been executed according to officials. We must keep the pressure on. Listen to interview with Hesam Yousefi of International Committee against Execution here. Saman Nasim is an alleged juvenile offender who was arrested when he was 17 years old. The Kurdish political prisoner has been transferred […]
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Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 27, 2014
  • 7 Comments
  • execution, Iran, Reyhaneh Jabbari, women
They killed Reyhaneh on October 25 – a day of international protest against the throwing of acid on women in Iran for “bad veiling”. Reyhaneh lives on in all those fighting against the vile Islamic regime of Iran. Despite huge amounts of security, her funeral was held yesterday on 26 October. Here is footage of […]
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International Day to Save Reyhaneh Jabbari

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 4, 2014
  • 1 Comments
  • execution, Iran, Reyhaneh Jabbari
Join 05 October – the international day to save Reyhaneh Jabbari from execution in Iran. There will be actions in various cities. In London, the action will be in Trafalgar Square on 5th October 2014 from 1 to 2pm. The Islamic Regime of Iran has announced that 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari, is to executed next week. […]
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Ghesas and Execution are the same

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 13, 2014
  • 2 Comments
  • execution, Iran, Larijani
Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary-general of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights recently said: “The problem lies in that the west does not understand that Ghesas code [retribution] is different from execution. A verdict of Ghesas belongs to the aggrieved who can either pardon the condemned or impose the sentence”. Mohammad Javad Larijani said: […]
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I am left cursing

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 2, 2014
  • 24 Comments
  • execution, Iran
Here’s a video of a young man being executed in Iran. He wants to say goodbye to his mother who can be heard screaming in the crowd. He struggles with the regime’s executioners, kicks one of them to cheers in the crowd but is then subdued and hung… You can then hear the regime’s mercenaries […]
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The Islamic regime of Iran plans to re-execute a man who survived the death penalty

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 17, 2013
  • 13 Comments
  • execution, Iran
The Islamic regime of Iran plans to re-execute a man who survived his execution under “moderate” Rouhani’s administration. The International Committee Against Execution calls for worldwide public condemnation and pressure to stop the re-execution of 27 year old Alireza M, a father of two young girls. His daughters’ ask: “Is this world cruel to the […]
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We need you to protest

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 14, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • execution, Iran
To all caring people around the world! On the left is is a picture of a nice young couple. This is Ali Mahin Torabi and his wife, in Turkey who are looking for a safe place to move to. Ali had been sentenced to death. In 2001 when he was 15 years old he asked […]
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A few calls for help

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 18, 2013
  • 0 Comments
  • atheist, ex-muslim, execution, Iran
Protest executions in Iran Kamil Alboshoka, a human geography student at Kingston University has asked that I publicise his campaign to defend 5 Ahwazi Arabs facing execution in Iran, including members of his family and friends.  Mohammad Ali Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka and his brother Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, and teachers Hashem Sha’bani Amouri, and Hadi Rashidi (or Rashedi) are charged with “enmity […]
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