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Convicts Who Survive Executions Are 42
Not Executed Again, Says Lawyer
Farideh Gheirat: “According to Sharia, if 1392 رهم26 جمعه- 1261 شماره/ سال مکیو تسیب
someone survives an execution, he will
not be executed again, and as far as I know
no one has been executed again.”
One day after sweeping news of the came to take his body for burial, the Revolutionary Court was a death reported as “satisfactory.” In touch with Iranian diversity
unsuccessful execution of a convict the hospitalized convict’s fate sentence and the essence of the ruling The International Campaign for
who was hanged on Wednesday, remains ambiguous. A judge from is clear. In such cases, the death
October 16 but who was discovered the Administrative Justice Court has sentence will be carried out again Human Rights in Iran and the Iran
alive at the morgue when his family stated that “The issued ruling from after the convict’s health improves.” Human Rights Documentation Center
issued a joint statement on October
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ However, in an interview with the 8, noting that since Hassan Rouhani
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ International Campaign for Human took office a few months ago, at least
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ Rights in Iran, lawyer Farideh 125 executions have been carried out
604 - 980 - 8571 Gheirats said that, “According to in the country, and dozens of other
Sharia Law, if someone survives an prisoners have been sentenced to
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ execution, he will not be executed death, or are on death row at this time. Vol. 21 / No. 1261 - Friday, Oct. 18, 2013
again, and as far as I know, no one
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ has been executed again. We must Only hours after the news was 42
not only take one judge’s opinion announced, Mohammad Erfan a
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ into consideration about this. Nothing Judge with the Administrative Justice
definitive has been announced about Court, stated that the convict would
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer this and we will have to wait.” be executed again in keeping with
the essence of the punishment ruled
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- “Throughout history, it has for the convict. “The Penal [Code]
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- happened many times that the noose Operations Manual, approved in
tore, for example, or other things 2003, has provided explanations in
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- happened and the person who was this area, and the convict’s readiness
about to be executed survived and for enforcing the sentence has been
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP was not executed again. We must emphasized. About this individual,
now wait to see the Judiciary’s one of the issues is his having life,
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. definitive decision about this case,” understanding, and awareness when
klotfali@northshorelaw.com said Gheirats. the sentence is carried out, so for
a convict who, for example, is in a
According to Mehr News Agency coma, his sentence is not enforced.
Alireza M. passed away after he Rather, in such cases the convict
struggled with the noose for 12 is treated and healed and after a
minutes and the resident physician physician trusted by the Medical
confirmed his death. The “execution Examiner confirms his health, the
report” for his death was confirmed sentence becomes enforceable,”
after that and his body was transferred Erfan added. (
to the Medical Examiner’s Morgue, so
that his family could take possession Amnesty International published
of it the next day. The next day, a statement on Wednesday, October
before the body was delivered to the 16, demanding that Iran halt this
family, however, a morgue employee convict’s re-execution, calling his
realized that steam had gathered second execution “horrific.” “The
inside Alireza M.’s plastic cover, and horrific prospect of this man facing
he was immediately transferred to a a second hanging, after having gone
hospital. The drug trafficking convict through the whole ordeal already
is currently inside the Intensive once, merely underlines the cruelty
Care Unit of Imam Ali Hospital in and inhumanity of the death penalty,”
Bojnourd and his general health is said Philip Luther, Director of
Amnesty International’s Middle East
and North Africa Program.
According to Iran’s Anti-Drug
Law, amended in 2010, keeping and
transporting more than 30 grams of
Crystal Methamphetamine will result
in the death penalty.
Iran carries out more executions
per capita annually than any other
country in the world. So far in
2013, Iran has executed at least 402
individuals. It also carries out many
of these executions in public, with 53
such public executions to date so far
in 2013.
Convicts Who Survive Executions Are 42
Not Executed Again, Says Lawyer
Farideh Gheirat: “According to Sharia, if 1392 رهم26 جمعه- 1261 شماره/ سال مکیو تسیب
someone survives an execution, he will
not be executed again, and as far as I know
no one has been executed again.”
One day after sweeping news of the came to take his body for burial, the Revolutionary Court was a death reported as “satisfactory.” In touch with Iranian diversity
unsuccessful execution of a convict the hospitalized convict’s fate sentence and the essence of the ruling The International Campaign for
who was hanged on Wednesday, remains ambiguous. A judge from is clear. In such cases, the death
October 16 but who was discovered the Administrative Justice Court has sentence will be carried out again Human Rights in Iran and the Iran
alive at the morgue when his family stated that “The issued ruling from after the convict’s health improves.” Human Rights Documentation Center
issued a joint statement on October
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ However, in an interview with the 8, noting that since Hassan Rouhani
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ International Campaign for Human took office a few months ago, at least
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ Rights in Iran, lawyer Farideh 125 executions have been carried out
604 - 980 - 8571 Gheirats said that, “According to in the country, and dozens of other
Sharia Law, if someone survives an prisoners have been sentenced to
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ execution, he will not be executed death, or are on death row at this time. Vol. 21 / No. 1261 - Friday, Oct. 18, 2013
again, and as far as I know, no one
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ has been executed again. We must Only hours after the news was 42
not only take one judge’s opinion announced, Mohammad Erfan a
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ into consideration about this. Nothing Judge with the Administrative Justice
definitive has been announced about Court, stated that the convict would
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer this and we will have to wait.” be executed again in keeping with
the essence of the punishment ruled
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- “Throughout history, it has for the convict. “The Penal [Code]
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- happened many times that the noose Operations Manual, approved in
tore, for example, or other things 2003, has provided explanations in
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- happened and the person who was this area, and the convict’s readiness
about to be executed survived and for enforcing the sentence has been
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP was not executed again. We must emphasized. About this individual,
now wait to see the Judiciary’s one of the issues is his having life,
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. definitive decision about this case,” understanding, and awareness when
klotfali@northshorelaw.com said Gheirats. the sentence is carried out, so for
a convict who, for example, is in a
According to Mehr News Agency coma, his sentence is not enforced.
Alireza M. passed away after he Rather, in such cases the convict
struggled with the noose for 12 is treated and healed and after a
minutes and the resident physician physician trusted by the Medical
confirmed his death. The “execution Examiner confirms his health, the
report” for his death was confirmed sentence becomes enforceable,”
after that and his body was transferred Erfan added. (
to the Medical Examiner’s Morgue, so
that his family could take possession Amnesty International published
of it the next day. The next day, a statement on Wednesday, October
before the body was delivered to the 16, demanding that Iran halt this
family, however, a morgue employee convict’s re-execution, calling his
realized that steam had gathered second execution “horrific.” “The
inside Alireza M.’s plastic cover, and horrific prospect of this man facing
he was immediately transferred to a a second hanging, after having gone
hospital. The drug trafficking convict through the whole ordeal already
is currently inside the Intensive once, merely underlines the cruelty
Care Unit of Imam Ali Hospital in and inhumanity of the death penalty,”
Bojnourd and his general health is said Philip Luther, Director of
Amnesty International’s Middle East
and North Africa Program.
According to Iran’s Anti-Drug
Law, amended in 2010, keeping and
transporting more than 30 grams of
Crystal Methamphetamine will result
in the death penalty.
Iran carries out more executions
per capita annually than any other
country in the world. So far in
2013, Iran has executed at least 402
individuals. It also carries out many
of these executions in public, with 53
such public executions to date so far
in 2013.
