Iran, hangings ready for protesters arrested and sentenced to death

Sentences handed down by protests in Iran, including death sentences by hanging, will soon be carried out. The announcement was made by the head of the Iranian Justice, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejèi, as reported today by the news portal Etemad, noting that several sentences have already been confirmed by the Supreme Court. Among them are protesters convicted of having “waged war against God”, a crime punishable by death. According to human rights organizations, at least 18,000 people have been arrested since protests began in Iran in mid-September. However, it is unclear how many of them have been indicted. The charges were mainly for participation in illegal demonstrations, inciting riots and threatening national security. In November, the first death sentences were handed down against demonstrators.

In addition, the Iranian regime would have executed more than 500 people from the beginning of 2022 until today, much more than in the entire year of 2021. The data is collected by the NGO Iran Human Rights, based in Norway, which estimates the number of people in 504 executed by hanging. And the calculation is considered descending. Included in the IHR tally are the four people who were executed on Sunday for allegedly working for Israeli intelligence, and who were reportedly executed at Karaj Prison, the notorious Gohardasht Prison near Tehran, seven months after their arrest. “They were sentenced to death without due process in a closed-door trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal,” said NGO director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, according to whom these executions aim to spread a climate of social fear and divert public opinion from the errors of the intelligence of the Islamic republic.