The practice, made possible under the Islamic sharia law of diya (restitution), allows a convict to be pardoned by a victim's family if they receive financial recompense. The payment of "blood money" spared 358 Iranians from execution last year, the country's prosecutor general said on Monday. The practice, made possible under the Islamic sharia ...

[caption id="attachment_92863" align="alignright" width="210"] The noose is removed from around the neck of Balal. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi /Isna[/caption] When he felt the noose around his neck, Balal must have thought he was about to take his last breath. Minutes earlier, crowds had watched as guards pushed him towards the gallows for what was ...

Iran news headlines on Thursday include rising of Iranian rial currencyby nearly 10 percent; Mohammad Khatami reamrks over giving Rowhani more time for resolving country's problem; Netanyahu urging EU for rising pressure on Iran; end ofpublic executions in Iran and Rowhanioffer of full support to the national soccer in 2014 World Cup.   Iranian ...

Iran will no longer be carrying out public executions, country Gazvin province's prosecutor Jamal Ansari said, Fars news agency reported. Ansari named three reasons - human rights issue, international policy and Iran's judiciary system's policy - for Iran to halt the public executions. "The judiciary system of Iran will no longer permit public ...