The Iranian authorities have executed two prisoners, Bizhan Ghahari and Shahram Chanani, in Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison) after convicting them of “premeditated murder”.
According to information received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), the two men were executed at dawn on 14 October.
Chanani, from the village of Gelali in Kermanshah Province, was arrested around six years ago and sentenced to death on murder charges.
Ghahari, from the village of Kamar Zard in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was detained about eight years ago and later handed the same sentence.
KHRN has also learned that several other prisoners were executed at the same time, but their identities have not yet been confirmed.
Under Islamic law, premeditated murder is a crime punishable by qisas (retribution in kind), which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate.
