24 Executions in 4 Days: Executions to Scare off the Dissatisfied Iranians http://www.payvand.com/news/12/nov/1145.html
....” After a lull in the number of executions announced by the official Iranian media in the month of Ramazan and during the Non -Aligned Summit conference in Tehran earlier this year, the country's judiciary has returned to its practice of high rate executions. During last week alone, 27 individuals were officially announced to have been executed while unofficial figures say as many as 47 were executed. A significant number of these hangings were carried out in public prompting human rights activists to argue that the regime's need to create fear among the populace has increased. Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam, the spokesperson for the Iran Human Rights Organization which has been cataloging the executions in Iran told Rooz, "It appears that more executions are on the way. Normally, these numbers rise towards the end of the Christian calendar, particularly the number of executions that are carried out in public."....
....” After a lull in the number of executions announced by the official Iranian media in the month of Ramazan and during the Non -Aligned Summit conference in Tehran earlier this year, the country's judiciary has returned to its practice of high rate executions. During last week alone, 27 individuals were officially announced to have been executed while unofficial figures say as many as 47 were executed. A significant number of these hangings were carried out in public prompting human rights activists to argue that the regime's need to create fear among the populace has increased. Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam, the spokesperson for the Iran Human Rights Organization which has been cataloging the executions in Iran told Rooz, "It appears that more executions are on the way. Normally, these numbers rise towards the end of the Christian calendar, particularly the number of executions that are carried out in public."....
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