Execution of 123 prisoners in the six months duration of chairmanship of Ibrahim Raisi in judiciary system
26-September-2019
Category: executions، Prisoners
Breathing in Confinement – At least 123 prisoners have been executed in Iran in the past six months.
The Center of Statistics of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (PRLI) has published a report on the first half of the Shamsi year from March 20 to September 20, 2019, while Ibrahim Raisi has been appointed as the chief justice in Iran.
The most important event in the context of human rights in Iran was the appointment of Ibrahim Raisi as chief justice in the last days of the Shamsi year 1397. This event represents the decision of the Islamic Republic authorities to continue the process of human rights violations in Iran.
Ebrahim Raisi was one of the key members of the “Death Committee” in 1988, responsible for the mass execution of a large number of political prisoners. That is why this appointment provoked a widespread protest by human rights activists.
Mr. Montazeri (then Khomeini’s deputy) in his meeting with the members of the “death committee”, Said: “Your name will be mentioned to as the criminals in the history”. An audio file of this meeting was uploaded on his official website. Now, the presence of such a criminal as the highest judicial authority has heightened the concerns about human rights violations in Iran. The high rate of executions has always been one of the cases in which the Islamic Republic of Iran has been heavily criticized by international organizations and human rights associations.
In the first six months of Shamsi year 1398 (March- October 2019), concurrent with the first six-months of chairmanship of Ibrahim Raisi on the judiciary system, the Islamic Republic has continued to execute a large number of prisoners on various charges. Prisoners ‘Rights League in Iran has recorded 123 executions in these six months. While the Islamic Republic is trying a lot to prevent the public disclosure of the number of executions, and most executions are not announced in the governmental media.
You can download the P.D.F version of this report here: Execution of 123 prisoners in the six months