Iranian authorities have executed Donya Mohammadi and Khodadad Mohammadi, two prisoners sentenced to death under qisas (retribution in kind) for “premeditated murder” in separate cases, at Ilam Central Prison.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in recent days, and were executed at dawn on 19 August.
Khodadad Mohammadi, a father of five and retired educator from Eyvan-e Gharb, Ilam Province, was arrested around two years ago on charges of the “premeditated murder” of his son-in-law. A criminal court subsequently sentenced him to death under qisas.
Donya Mohammadi, a 20-year-old from Eyvan-e Gharb, was also arrested around two years ago on charges of “premeditated murder” and sentenced to death under qisas by a criminal court.