Judiciary Claims Execution of a 'Women Abuser' in Tehran

The official news agency of the judiciary, Mizan, reported this morning, Wednesday, December 19, the execution of an individual named 'Rastgooyi Kandelaj' who was convicted of 'abusing women with a whip in Tehran.' According to this news agency, the accused in this case had 'injured 59 women and girls in Tehran using a whip in 2018 and created terror and fear in various parts of the city.' Mizan wrote, 'This individual was sentenced to death by the court for corruption on earth through terror and fear against women in different areas of Tehran and injuring them, and his sentence was confirmed in appeal, with the defendant's request for retrial also rejected by the Supreme Court, and ultimately his death sentence was carried out today.' In recent years, human rights organizations and experts, including UN rapporteurs, have expressed concern over the high number of executions in Iran. The death penalty is applied in the penal laws of the Islamic Republic for various charges, ranging from drug-related offenses to murder and political activities against the government. Esfandiar Aban: The Islamic Republic considers opposition to the death penalty as one of its pillars. In line for execution, undocumented, discredited: Pakhshan Azizi. The 'No to Executions on Tuesdays' campaign: 40 executions carried out last week. At least 4 more executions in the prisons of the Islamic Republic.