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"Iran Executions Increase Since Election"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The title of this post is the headline of this report from CBS News. Here are the details of how politics and punishment mix in Iran: An Iranian justice official has confirmed the execution of 24 convicted drug traffickers at the end of July, believed to be one of the largest mass-executions carried out by the Islamic Republic since the revolution brought the Ayatollahs to power 30 years ago. The message of swift, decisive "justice" delivered by Iran's leaders is clear, and comes at a time when those leaders, both political and religious, are wrestling to overcome an image of internal dispute and reassert their authority following post-election violence that left at least 30 people dead and hundreds jailed. Tehran's deputy prosecutor, Mahmoud Salarkia, said the 24 were hanged at the notorious Karaj prison on July 30th...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).

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