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Siavosh Jalili, Persian2English - For the third time nine days ago, the death sentence for Safieh Ghafouri (a.k.a. Maryam), a 28-year-old woman who has been imprisoned in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz since 2006, was supposed to be carried out. At the age of 22, Ghafouri was arrested and charged with murder. Recently, following the efforts of benevolent people and Ghafouri’s lawyers, judicial authorities agreed to postpone the execution order for 10 days to allow Ghafouri the opportunity to secure the consent of the victim’s family [to have her life spared]. The 10-day period ends on June 10, and there is a possibility that the execution order may be carried out if consent is not granted by the victim’s family or if an order is not obtained from the Head of Judiciary for a stay of execution.

Iran Human Rights - Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Zahedan this morning June 9.

GVF — The ailing grandfather of imprisoned student activist Arash Sadeghi has been detained.

Iran Human Rights - June 7: Five prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran) today, reported the Iranian state media.

Freedom Messenger - According to local authorities in western Nimroz province the dead bodies of three Afghans who were hanged in Iran were handed over to their families.

Persian Banoo - Human rights activist, journalist and former Khordad newspaper writer, Farshad Aswad was arrested late last week as he was leaving the country for Malaysia.

Iran Human Rights - May 31: At least nine prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran today and yesterday, reported unofficial reports from Iran.

Freedom Messenger - A video clip recently uploaded to YouTube shows a young Iranian man being publicly whipped as punishment for drinking alcohol.