{"id":20997,"date":"2021-02-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20997"},"modified":"2021-02-05T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:00:59","slug":"iran-27-executions-in-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/02\/iran-27-executions-in-january-2021\/20997\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: 27 Executions in January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Iranian regime executed at least 27 prisoners during January 2021, according<\/a> to Iran Human Rights Monitor, although due to the regime\u2019s secrecy the true number may be much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of those executed that we do know about, there were four political prisoners, six non-violent drug convicts, and one person found guilty of rape, but none of these crimes meet the international standard for the death penalty, which is murder. And the political prisoners committed no crime at all, merely expressing their belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even for the 16 convicted of murder, we should bear in mind that Iran does not separate murder by degrees or take into consideration the reason for murder, i.e., in the case of victims of abuse killing their abusers. Iran also uses torture to extract false confessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at some of those executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baluch political prisoner\u00a0 Javid Dehghan<\/a>, 31, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing security forces because of confessions made under torture. The United Nations asked Iran not to execute him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner #JavidDehghan<\/a> despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>