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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The Fars province’s prosecutor today announced that the death sentences of Afghan nationals, Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeim Hashem Ghotali have been upheld and will be publicly carried out in Shiraz imminently. The Afghans were sentenced to death for charges of efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) and baghy (armed rebellion) based on torture-tainted confessions, without due process and fair trial …

iranintl – Iran received two international rebukes this week, one by G7 countries meeting in Japan and another by the Arab League summit held in Saudi Arabia. The G7 summit strongly criticized Iran’s nuclear, human rights and regional policies in its final communiqué in direct and no uncertain terms. The main trust of the G7 statement was Iran’s nuclear program, which is …

timesofisrael – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said Sunday that the country’s forces had recently captured a “terrorist” group he claimed was linked to Israel, local media reported. Khatib said the team was captured entering across the western border with Iraq. He said the new government in Iraq has promised to tighten border security. “Any action on the borders will …

Al-Arabia – Iran on Sunday executed three men convicted on drug trafficking charges, the judiciary said, the latest of hundreds of people hanged in the country since the start of the year. The three men, described as members of a “drug cartel,” were hanged after being convicted of “corruption on earth” for producing nearly 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of heroin, the judiciary’s …

Iran Human Right (IHRNGO)- Asef Shehbakhsh, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 20 May. His identity has been reported as 30-year-old Asef Shehbakhsh. He was sentenced to qisas for murder. He was transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution on …