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IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED, ROBBERS LASHED

22 June 2005 :

Asghar Mohammadzadeh, an Iranian man convicted of murdering two brothers, was hanged before dawn in a prison in the north-eastern city of Mashhad. Asghar had been convicted of murdering Alireza and Mohammad Tabatabai after his relationship with the wife of one of the victims was discovered.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 10/03/2005)

other news

IRAN - 7 of the victims of the protests identified

18 January 2026

Mehran Rafiei, Shahin Azar-Atash, Mostafa Tabrizi, Houman Sabbagh, Afshin Miyarkiani, Matin Montazerzohour, Sina Haghshenas

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IRAN - Six more women, one pregnant, killed in Iran’s crackdown

18 January 2026

Sholeh Sotoudeh, Sara Behboodi, Ziba Dastjerdi, Zahra Bagheri, Sanam Pourbabayi, Aida Aghili

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IRAN - Hrana Report on 21st day of protests: 3,097 protesters killed

18 January 2026

Islamic Republic’s Leader Acknowledges “Thousands Killed” as Internet Shutdown Continues

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IRAN - 21 men and 1 woman executed between January 12 to 15

18 January 2026

147 executions for ordinary offences in the first 15 days of the year

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USA - New Analysis of Racial Bias and Death Eligibility in 2025

18 January 2026  Read everything

USA - Texas. Report Highlights Decline of New Death Sentences and Executions

18 January 2026  Read everything
 

Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything
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Giuseppe di Federico

Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
  •   CO-SPONSOR OF RESOLUTION PRO MORATORIUM
  •   VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS APPROVED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2022
  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
  •  USA - Alabama. Corrections officials apparently botched Joe Nathan James' execution last month
  •   GOVERNING BODIES
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.