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| In Light of the arrival of Nowrouz, the Iranian |
| New Year, on Tuesday March 20, Brief on Iran |
| Wishes You A Happy and Successful New Year |
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FIVE, INCLUDING A WOMAN, HANGED IN PUBLIC IN TEHRAN, AGENCE
FRANCE PRESSE, MARCH 19
TEHRAN - A young woman pleaded in vain for mercy
Monday before being hanged at dawn with four men for drug
trafficking in a poor quarter of Tehran, watched by
hundreds of people.
Fariba Tajiani-Emamqoli, 30, blindfolded and with her
hands tied, implored pardon from the judges but her appeal
was ignored and she was hanged from one of five cranes set
up in the eastern Khak-e Sefid district.
Executed with her, less than four weeks after their
arrest, were Ali Alipour, Ibrahim Qaemshari, Ali-Kazem
Aslani and Framan Qaremani-Aazara, all about the same age
as their companion.
The whole process took 25 minutes, with the bodies
being left for 10 minutes before being taken down.
Though executions are frequent in Iran and much
criticized by human rights groups, the hanging of a woman
is extremely rare.
[A statement issued by the NCRI said: By carrying out
this anti-human crime on the eve of the Iranian New Year,
the mullahs are attempting to terrorize and intimidate the
public who have expressed their rage and repugnance at the
regime during the "feast of fire" celebrations last week.
[The execution are carried out while officials have
acknowledged that the Intelligence Ministry and other
government agencies and leaders have been involved in drug
trafficking and that dissidents are executed on the pretext
of being drug smugglers, the statement added.]
--
Ali Ghaderi
International Department Chairman
Organization of Iranian People's Fedayee Guerrillas
Organizzazione dei Guerriglieri Fedain del Popolo Iraniano
C.P 307 Pescara 65100 ITALIA -Tel: 0338-4633949 Fax: 0858025356
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