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Young Man Hanged in Iran For Acting Against the State

May 02, 2005
Iran Focus
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Tehran -- A young man was hanged in public in the northeastern Iranian town of Bojnourd for “acting against the state”, according to the state-run daily Iran. Hadi Safdari was accused of creating public disorder and acting against the state.

Iran’s authorities have recently stepped up executions and death sentences for political prisoners, despite international condemnation.

On Monday morning another man, only identified as Yaqoub R., was executed in Karoon Prison in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, which has been the scene of mass social unrest and clashes between anti-government protesters and State Security Forces. He was accused of murder.

Separately two other men were sentenced to death by a Tehran court, accused of murder. A 21-year-old man was sentenced to execution while another young man was sentenced to five times execution in public.

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[Spenta]

This is truly sad ... very sad ...

[perzopolis]

Indeed it is. And it continues, day after day, as the Bush's words of support for the Iranian people become more and more meaningless.

Ahh, if only Dr. Michael Ledeen were President. Or Senator McCain.
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Freedom for the Iranian people! NOT EUROPEAN BUSINESS INTERESTS!

[irani]

This article is also about Hadi safdari, but it gives another version


LONDON, April 30 (IranMania) - An Iranian convicted of blackmailing his gay partners with videotapes of their sex acts has been hanged, reports said Saturday.

Hadi Safdari was executed in Bojnourd in the eastern province of South Khorasan, the Qods newspaper said citing the local judiciary.

In Safadari's case, the death sentence appears to have been handed down for rape, as the blackmail was deemed to have removed any element of consent.

But Iran's Islamic regime also imposes the death penalty for consensual "sodomy" where the offence is repeated and the convict is an adult of "sound mind".

Safadari had previously served 18 months in prison for murdering his wife, and was released early after he was forgiven by her family. He also reportedly had a long history of robbery, abduction and other offences.

The judiciary gave no details on the execution.

Safdari's accomplice, identified only as M. Sh., was sentenced to lashes and imprisonment, Qods said, without elaborating on his part in the crimes.

So far this year, Iran has executed at least 15 people, according to an AFP tally based on witness and press reports.

In 2004 at least 159 people were executed in the Islamic republic -- the highest rate in the world after China -- according to human rights watchdog Amnesty International.

As well as repeat sodomy and rape, murder, armed robbery, apostasy and serious drug trafficking are all punishable by death in Iran, which enforces a strict form of Islamic law.