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Adnan Hasanpur (pictured), a journalist for the Asu Kurdish-Persian weekly and Heyva Butimar an activist from the Kurdish areas of Iran are to be hanged. Their crimes were described by the Islamic Revolutionary Court as “Propaganda against the Islamic Republic government, and acts against national security“.

Arrested on January 25th Adnan was first told that he is convicted of spying. Heyva worked for a private environmental agency. The pair had spent the last six months in the Marivan prison with no access to a lawyer and were not allowed to be visited by their families. They were transfered to Sanandaj three days ago where they will be hanged publicly.

There are good reasons to believe that Islamic Republic who became second on the list of top executioners in the world last year is going to beat China this year, even though China has 1.3 billion population, while Iran has 70 million.

In the league for top child and minors executioners though, Islamic Republic is the current champion.