Iran hangs 10 murderers in mass execution
AFP
26-Nov-2008 (3 comments)

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Wednesday hanged nine men and a woman convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.

The official overseeing the execution was quoted as saying "the woman was convicted of killing her temporary marriage husband by cutting him into pieces."

Vatan Emrouz newspaper, identifying the woman as Fatemeh Pajoh, said she was "suspicious" of her temporary husband, but gave no details.

Some Iranian human rights groups have said she killed her husband for raping her daughter.

In Shiite Islam, men and women are permitted to marry on a temporary basis.

Iran's judiciary insists that retribution in murder is a private right and that is up to the victims' families to determine whether the death sentence should be carried out.

Under Iranian law, a murder victim's family can spare a convict's life by accepting blood money. Some families have also been known to forgive a murderer without demanding compensation.

Many of the convicts are poor, making it hard to to raise the blood money, which is officially set at 55,000 dollars although some families demand more.

The human rights groups, notably the human rights defenders circle led by the Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, have repeatedly criticised the rising number of executions in Iran.

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./., I'm anti capital

by Farhad Kashani on Thu Nov 27, 2008 08:12 PM PST

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I'm anti capital punishment. That being said, regime's hangings are not done based on any rational. For one thing, they hang people for crimes rarely punishable in other countries, like homosexuality and political activism. Second, they hang in order to promote fear, not to ensure justice. They ain't foolin me, or the Iranian people!


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Zionists propaganda machine

by sybil (not verified) on Thu Nov 27, 2008 05:57 PM PST

Zionists propaganda machine in action again!


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Re: The Fascists' killing machine in action

by ./. (not verified) on Thu Nov 27, 2008 08:31 AM PST

F.K.
With your juicy super tiltes, you must be trying to say something. What do you suppose should be done with murderers? What would you ask the court do during tiral, say if your mother, father, brother, or close relative was murdered by someone and that someone is on trial? Would you ask the court to forgive him and let the crime go unpunished?

Thanks,
Mama


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