Iranian authorities have executed Ardalan Sabzi Balkhkanlou, a prisoner sentenced to death under qisas (retribution in kind) on a charge of “premeditated murder”, in Maku Prison.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Sabzi Balkhkanlou was executed in the early hours of 23 August after around four years of imprisonment.
Sabzi Balkhkanlou, a father of one from Maku, was arrested around four years ago following a group fight in one of the county’s summer pastures that resulted in the death of a citizen.
The Criminal Court of Maku subsequently sentenced him to death under qisas on a charge of “premeditated murder”.