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IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

09 December 2008 :

Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the Fars news agency reported.
Two of the men, identified only as P.D. and M.M., were found guilty of smuggling 36.5 kgs and 40 kgs of heroin respectively.
The third man, identified as V.A.R., was convicted of smuggling 15 kgs of opium and 14.5 kgs of heroin.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 06/12/2008)

other news

JAPAN: COURT RULES KYOANI KILLER'S WITHDRAWAL OF DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL WAS VALID

19 March 2026

The Osaka High Court ruled on March 17, 2026 that a defendant's withdrawal of his appeal against a death sentence in the Kyoto Animation arson-murder case is valid.

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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 21 PEOPLE IN KABUL IN ONE DAY

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Taliban lashed 21 people in Kabul on March 15, 2026 on charges of drug-related offenses, according to a statement from the Taliban-run Supreme Court.

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IRAN - Hengaw Report on 18th day of war

18 March 2026

Death toll hits 5,300, including 511 civilians

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IRAN - Hengaw Report on Kurdistan during the war

18 March 2026

Civilian spaces in Kurdistan militarized amid escalating security measures

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IRAN - Hrana Report on 18th day of war

18 March 2026

Report of 179 Strikes

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USA - Florida. Michael Lee King, 54, was executed on March 17

18 March 2026

7th execution of the year in the U.S.

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Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything
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Giuseppe di Federico

Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
  •   CO-SPONSOR OF RESOLUTION PRO MORATORIUM
  •   VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS APPROVED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2022
  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
  •  USA - Alabama. Corrections officials apparently botched Joe Nathan James' execution last month
  •   GOVERNING BODIES
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.