They executed four men who raped a woman – News

The attackers were identified by police in Fariman town as Ruhollah Javidi Rad, Mohammad Sayadi Baghansgani, Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Watandoost. They have been charged with kidnapping and raping a woman and threatening violence against a man, according to the British newspaper The daily mail.

The Khorasan Razavi Criminal Court referred the case to the Supreme Court, where the four men were sentenced to death by hanging and then executed in Mashhad central prison.

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Iranian laws aim to deter victims from reporting cases of sexual abuse. According to the Islamic penal code adopted by this country, the violation must be confirmed by several witnesses and the act is only considered as such after a certain degree of penetration by the aggressor. If there are not enough witnesses, convictions can only be obtained by confession or “to the knowledge of the judge”.

In addition, victims themselves often face accusations of adultery, indecency or immoral behavior after reporting a sexual assault. Iranian law also discourages victims from filing a complaint due to the harshness of the sentence imposed on the accused: the death penalty.

Iran is the second country in the international ranking of countries practicing the death penalty after China, according to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

The country executed at least 251 people in 2019, according to unofficial figures collected by the NGO. Executions are carried out mainly by hanging.

Iran is at the forefront of executions of children: from September 2009 to September 2020, at least 67 cases have been documented. The death penalty is usually imposed on minors, but they are expected to be 18 to execute them.