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Current Position
Iran acknowledge this case as an old issues, since the ancient time Iran already did this kind
of punishment and until today theyre still allow this punishment. The government of Iran
itself still supporting this kind of punishment, because they believe this punishment is more
effective and bring more beneficial effect by deterring the crime. Even though almost all of
the NGOs in Iran now against the death penalty punishment in the name of human right
violation, but the amount of people executed by the government is extremely raise since 2009
to 2012, in 2009 only 69 people executed while 2012 four times bigger which is 419 people
has been executed and at least 801 people executed in 2014. Iran will give death penalty as a
punishment to the crime in special cases for example: if you killed someone theyll punish
you with two options of punishment either theyll shoot you in public or theyll hang you in
the public (like eye for an eye), another one if you stole something from someone theyll cut
your hand (Qhesas). Almost all of Iranian supporting death penalty/capital punishment,
because we can see from the amount of NGOs member which is a minority and even though
there are several groups trying to against it and the government still do it without people
protest/big demonstration. According to Amnesty International, 57 countries including Iran
itself still do this capital punishment such as Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Somalia, etc.
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