Execution

The people’s representatives in the Islamic Parliament agreed with the generalities of the addition of an article to the Fight against Drugs Act, regarding the commutation of the death sentence for...

The Saudi Arabian government is employing the death penalty as a political weapon to silence dissent, said Amnesty International, following the execution of four Shi’a men in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern...

According to Jalal Rahim Jahan Abadi, the chairman of the Parliamentary Legal and Judicial Commission, alternative to death sentences for drugs cases is in working agenda of the Commission, and...

The rise in death sentences against Saudi Arabian Shia is alarming and suggests that the authorities are using the death penalty to settle scores and crush dissent under the guise of combating...

Capital punishment will be removed for all drug-related offenses with the exception of 3 cases, vice-chairman of Parliament’s Judiciary Committee told Mehrnews Agency on Sunday.

A group of Iranian celebrities in association with a charity society finally managed to commute a teenage boy death sentence, Khabaronline reported.

These executions – the first to be carried out since 2010 - are a deeply regressive step for a country whose authorities’ have repeatedly trumpeted their commitment to human rights