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IRAN: MAIN CONVICT IN BIGGEST BANKING FRAUD HANGED IN TEHRAN

May 24, 2014: Iran hanged the first of four men sentenced to death for a massive financial scam that tainted the government of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran’s Public Prosecutor’s Office said.
Mehafarid Amir-Khosravi, described as a self-made tycoon, was hanged in Tehran's Evin Prison after the Supreme Court upheld the four death sentences, the reports said. There was no word on the fate of the other three.
Exposed in 2011, the 30 trillion-rial ($2.7 billion) scandal involved embezzlement, bribery, forgery and money-laundering in 14 state-owned and private banks between 2007 and 2010 by people close to the political elite.
Ahmadinejad's supporters said he had nothing to do with the crime and blamed his political enemies for using it to ensure his allies had no chance in last year's presidential election. In March, Ahmadinejad's former vice president, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, was indicted in connection with the case.
Chief Prosecutor Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said that, besides the four death penalties, 33 senior bureaucrats and bankers had been given long prison sentences, including two for life. (Sources: Reuters, 25/05/2014)

KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE ADOPTS DRAFT NEW CRIMINAL CODE INCLUDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
TAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPINGS ABOLISHED
INDIA: 3 RAPISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE MEN IN LOWER SHABELLE REGION
NIGERIA: POLICEMAN TO HANG OVER MURDER
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED BY HER MOTHER-IN-LAW IN AMOL
IRAQ: SEVEN ‘TERRORISTS’ SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SHIA ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
CHINA: 55 PEOPLE SENTENCED AT MASS TRIAL IN XINJIANG, INCLUDING THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
UAE: ABU DHABI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ONE OF THREE BROTHERS CONVICTED OF KILLING OMANIS
OHIO (USA): FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TEMPORARY HALT TO EXECUTIONS
KUWAIT: COURT COMMUTES IRAQI’S DEATH SENTENCE
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN WHO SHOT AT POLICE PATROL SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN QAZVIN
SINGAPORE: DRUG-TRAFFICKER ON DEATH ROW SPARED GALLOWS
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MEMBER EXECUTED WITHOUT TRAIL AFTER MILITARY COURT ORDER
NORTH KOREA: KEY OFFICIALS AND ENGINEERS EXECUTED OVER APARTMENT COLLAPSE
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY IN NAROK
TANZANIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR MURDER
INDIA: LAW COMMISSION CALLS FOR REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: HYESAN MAN EXECUTED AS EXAMPLE FOR REST
QATAR: FILIPINO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ESPIONAGE
TENNESSEE RESTORES ELECTRIC CHAIR AS DEATH PENALTY OPTION
NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA): SENATE REJECTS DEATH PENALTY REPEAL
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT DRUG CASES
NORTH KOREA: HARSH PUNISHMENTS FOR NON-VIOLENT OFFENCES ADDED TO CRIMINAL CODE
IRAN: VICTIMS’ FAMILIES MERCY SAVES MORE KILLERS FROM DEATH SENTENCE
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 2 CONVICTS
KENYA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO HANG FOR ETHNIC CLASHES
EGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ISLAMIST WHO THREW CHILDREN OFF ROOF

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