Despite the existence of several means and mechanisms with complaints procedures regarding
the violation of rights, such as the Judge’s Disciplinary Court, the Article 90 Parliamentary
Commission and, any appeals courts including the Supreme Court, there is little evidence to
suggest that complaints are properly analyzed and adjudicated.
Iran does not have any administrative processes or independent human rights monitoring
mechanisms in place that ensure the prohibition of capital punishment. Officials tasked with
carrying out inspections of detention centers, such as prison wardens and prosecutors, are
considered part of the same judicial structure. This could result in biased investigations into
cases of mistreatment and arbitrary deprivation of life in detention facilities. A reform restricting
the use of capital punishment was made in 2017; the bill amends article 45 of the law of October
1988 on combating drugs. This represents an improvement since it has reduced the number of
executions for infractions not amounting to most serious crimes. The amendment, however, only
reduces, not eliminates, the number of drug convictions for which one can be sentenced to death.
Between 2000 and mid-2017, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran
documented around 8,200 executions carried out by Iran’s judiciary. 4 Between January 1, 2018
and December 20, 2018, 256 reports have been registered by the Department of Statistics and
Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran. In the reporting period, 195 death sentences were
issued and 236 were carried out (including 13 public executions).
Based on the announced identifications of some of the individuals executed, 232 were male and
4 were female, and 6 werejuvenile offenders under the age of 18 at the time of committing the
crime. In the last few years, no reported stoning sentences have been issued have.5 There is no
evidence that officials take measures to prevent children from witnessing publica executions.
Indeed, photos show that children are frequently present at public executions. 6 The time and
place of public executions are often publicized prior to the execution, and executions take place
in public spaces and residential areas in front of hundreds of individuals.7
B. Expeditiously lift or commute the death sentences imposed against Amir
Khaleghi and Safar Angooti
Amir Khaleghi was 16 when he was convicted of stabbing another child during a fight. Khaleghi
turned himself in to the police and spent 2 years in prions in Karaj. He was allegedly released on
November 1st, 2009 after the family of the victim pardoned him. 8 There is a lack of recent
information on his case and further, a lack of clarity, as this recommendation was made in June
2010 ,even though the most recent available report indicates that he was released in 2009.
4
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran https://iranhr.net/media/files/Rapport_iran_2019-GB-BD.pdf
Numbers based on articles submitted to HRANA statistics center.
6
Iran Human Rights and ECPM, Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2019 (2020), 38.
7
Ibid
8 Iran Human Rights: https://iranhr.net/en/articles/414/ and
http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:three-juvenile-boys-face-executionfor-homosexuality&catid=36:scenews&Itemid=68
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