Majid was sentenced to death on January 17 for ordering the gassing of
Kurds in the northeastern town of Halabja which killed an estimated
5,000 people and was one of the worst atrocities of Saddam's
iron-fisted regime.
Three-quarters of the victims at Halabja were women and children,
in what is thought to be the deadliest ever gas attack carried out
against civilians.
The conviction for the gas attack that came as the Iran-Iraq war
drew to a close was the fourth time that Majid had received a death
sentence.
Handing down the ruling, Judge Abud Mustapha al-Hamani branded
Majid's offences as "deliberate murder, a crime against humanity" when
the verdict was delivered amid muffled applause in the courtroom.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
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گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |