Spring of freedom

Torture has been carried out systematically during the almost 40 years of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is one of the most basic methods of survival for a regime that is on the verge of collapse. One such example is flogging, used for more than 100 offenses in Iran, which has been institutionalized by the regime in its Islamic Penal Code. Related Posts Iran officials say noncompliance with hijab threatens Islamic Republic  JANUARY 10, 2019 Iran MP sounds alarms over “paralyzing” Tehran street protests  JANUARY 7, 2019 Iran pledges Syria reconstruction as Iranians plunge into poverty  JANUARY 4, 2019   The regime denies the use of torture despite thousands of reports from as early as the 80’s that prove the use of torture to extract forced confessions from prisoners or to break the spirit of political prisoners. Despite the regime’s claims that torture is against the law in Iran, ordinary Iranians cann...

Iranian opposition protesters march during a rally to protest against executions in Iran, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in France for a two-day official visit, in Paris, on Jan. 28, 2016. According to the latest report of the Amnesty International as reported in Iran Focus website, among all the recorded executions worldwide last year, more than 51 percent were carried out in Iran. Although second, behind China in terms of executions, Iran “carried out 84 percent of the global total number of executions.” The number of executions in Iran last year was 507, “accounting for 60 percent of all confirmed executions in the region.” Of the 507 people executed, “501 were men and six were women. At least five juvenile offenders were executed, and 31 executions were carried out publicly.” Amnesty International believes that hundreds of other death sentences may have been imposed in Iran but were unable to confirm figures. Mahmoud Amiri Moghaddam, who heads the Iran H...