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Iran Executes Five Political Prisoners

By "Persian Cowboy"

AMNESTY INTERNATIONALPRESS RELEASEAI Index: PRE 01/152/201011 May 2010IRAN EXECUTES FIVE POLITICAL PRISONERSAmnesty International today condemned the executions in Iran of four Kurdish political activists and another Iranian man, all convicted of "moharebeh" (enmity against God)".The four Kurds -- Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam-Holi - along with Mehdi Eslamian, were hanged on Sunday, 9 May at Evin prison in Tehran.The five were accused of "enmity against God" for carrying out 'terrorist acts' and convicted of this vaguely worded charge which can carry the death penalty and is usually applied to those who take up arms against the state."We condemn these executions which were carried out without any prior warning. Despite the serious accusations against them, the five were denied fair trials...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 12, 2010 (boomark / email).