Authorities executed Khalil Jamali, a prisoner sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder”, on 21 July in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.

Jamali, from Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah Province, was arrested about two years ago on murder charges and subsequently sentenced to death.

This is the second execution in Dizel Abad prison on the same day. Danyal Kazeminezhad, from Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was also executed at the same time for the “premeditated murder” of Sajjad Amiri, a member of the Basij.