Posted on 01/30/2008 8:33:41 PM PST by nuconvert
Five Hanged in Evin
January 30, 2008
AFP
Tehran -- Iran hanged five convicted murderers in Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday, the Fars news agency reported, as curbs were imposed on executions being carried out in public.
A man identified only by his first name of Faraz was hanged for killing his girlfriend Andia in February 2004.
"This morning Faraz begged Andia's father to forgive him, but the father reminded him of how he had murdered his daughter and refused to pardon him," Fars said in the report.
Ramezan, 29, was executed for stabbing his brother's wife to death after suspecting she had had affairs with other men, while Mohammad Abedi and a man named Mohsen were hanged for killing friends.
A fifth convicted, Mohammad, 32, had killed and robbed a passenger of his taxi in 1999, the agency said.
The hangings bring to at least 33 the number of convicts executed in the Islamic republic so far this year.
The hangings came as the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, announced that he must in future approve any executions to be carried out in public and banned all pictures of the events.
The number of executions soared last year to 298, many of them carried out in public, according to an AFP count, amid a government campaign to boost "security in society".
Capital offences in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, serious drug trafficking and adultery.
Human rights groups have accused Iran of excessive resort to the death penalty, but the authorities say capital punishment is an effective deterrent and is used only after an exhaustive judicial process.
Works for me..
Seems a bit hyperbolic to me, in a nation of 80 million. I'm in favor of executing murderers, no matter where they live.
..........it's a good start...
That’s the number released for publication by the regime. Not the number of people the regime killed.
In a population of 80M, this number (five) wouldn’t be a problem on any given DAY.
No mind though, enforcing the rule of law in America has become meaningless.
“In a population of 80M, this number (five) wouldn’t be a problem on any given DAY.”
And what if they’re innocent?
I mean you do realize that this, “the authorities say capital punishment ...is used only after an exhaustive judicial process.” is total bs.
Just like all of our murderers are innocent?
4 years of appeals. That's not unreasonable.
"But you gotta believe me. I didn't have sex with that woman."
And what if they’re innocent?”
They’ll go to Heaven.
“4 years of appeals. That’s not unreasonable”
Lol. People can be tried and sentenced in Iran in an hour sometimes without their lawyer even being present.
Yes, your attorney can ask for an appeal after an unfair “trial”, but that doesn’t mean anything.
“Just like all of our murderers are innocent?”
No. Like the person has been identified by the regime as a dissident and then is arrested and accused of rape or murder so the regime looks legitimate in hanging him.
That kind of innocent.
“And what if they’re innocent?”
They’ll go to Heaven.”
I see. So you wouldn’t mind your innocent family members being hanged, because they’ll go to heaven?
You kill someone, you get the death penalty. That’s capital punishment. So what. What I have a problem with is Iran hanging political dissidents and religious minorities. I’m not going to cry if they hang murderers.
“You kill someone, you get the death penalty.””I’m not going to cry if they hang murderers.”
I don’t cry if they murderes either. The problem is, we don’t know if they’re only hanging murderers. They could in reality be “political dissidents and religious minorities”.
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