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Reportedly, most of those killed were supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MeK). Members of other leftist factions, such as the Fedaian and the Tudeh Party of Iran (Communist Party), were also killed. [14] [15]: 209–228 Various motives have been offered for the executions.
An ultraconservative president, 63-year-old Raisi was killed Sunday, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other high-ranking officials, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote ...
French president Emmanuel Macron expressed his solidarity and condemned the execution on Twitter. Macron said, "The execution of Alireza Akbari is a despicable and barbaric act. His name adds to too long a list of victims of repression and the death penalty in Iran. Solidarity with the UK. Solidarity with the Iranian people". [29]
Iran commutes a tycoon's death sentence to 20 years in prison 04/30/2024 16:09 -0400 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday that it commuted a death sentence for a tycoon to 20 years in prison after he returned around $2.1 billion in assets from illegally selling oil abroad, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Ghahremani was sentenced to qisas (a form of retributive justice in traditional Islamic law) for murder, with the execution to be carried out at Kermanshah Central Prison on 18 May 2024, which was later delayed until 20 May. [1] [2] [4] Under Iranian law, victims' relatives may accept a financial settlement as an alternative punishment. [3]
(Reuters) -Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, an Iranian official and Mehr news agency reported on Monday. Below is a brief outline of what Iran's constitution says ...
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[43] [51] [52] Since 1995, Iran's Supreme Court has commuted non-murder death sentences to 2–8 years in prison. In February 2012, Iran adopted a new penal code, which officially banned the death penalty for minors under the age of 18 [53] in favor of "social penalties" and "educational programs". Minors who commit murder when aged 15–18 can ...