Ahmadinejad's Murder Machine: A Look at Tehran's Casualty List

Amnesty International has recorded at least 124 executions since the beginning of 2007. Two recent victims of the Iranian authorities' use of the death penalty were those whose alleged crimes were committed before the age of 18. In addition, the human rights organization reported that in one case, an 18-year-old girl, Nazanin, was sentenced to be executed for having, at age 17, stabbed to death one of three men in a park who were attempting to rape her and her younger niece.

The pace of executions in Iran is stunning. In July alone, several public hangings were carried throughout the country: in the northern province of Mazandaran, the southeastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, the central cities of Arak and Isfahan, the southern province of Fars, and in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan, where three men were hanged as a group. Another group hanging took place in an undisclosed city, as witnessed in a shocking video smuggled out of Iran by members of Iran's main opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), this month that shows a young woman and two men being hanged in a public square.

Ahmadinejad's Murder Machine: A Look at Tehran's Casualty List

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Tue Jul 31

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