Two prisoners in Iran’s western Ilam province have been transferred to solitary confinement today for the execution of their death sentences.
An Iranian court had sentenced two civilians Peyman Maleki and Shahram Dalvand to “retribution in kind” (qisas) on the accusation of “premeditated murder”.
Maleki, from Zarrinabad district of Ilam, has been in prison for about six years. Dalvand, who comes from Dehloran in Ilam, has been imprisoned for nine years.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has launched a new section of its database of political and religious prisoners, marking the 10th anniversary of...
Read MoreSecurity forces arrested Kurdish civilian Soleyman Choupani during a raid on his home in the village of Gerd Kashaneh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province,...
Read MoreSecurity forces arrested Kurdish civilian Saadoun Sharifi on 4 September in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, as part of a wider wave of arrests targeting...
Read MoreFour Kurdish civilians from Mahabad and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province have been arrested by security forces in recent days and taken to an...
Read More
Authorities in Hamadan Central Prison executed Saber Jamali, a 29-year-old prisoner from Kangavar in Kermanshah Province, on the morning of 1 September on charges of "premeditated murder". Jamali was arrested three years ago and was subsequently sentenced to death by retribution in kind (qisas) for “premeditated murder”. Qisas or retribution in kind, gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate under Islamic law. According to statistics compiled...
Iran executed two prisoners, Meysam Hossein-Khani and Sirvan Aboubakri, convicted of "premeditated murder", in Khorramabad and Mahabad this week, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On 28 August, Hossein-Khani, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, was executed in Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province. He was arrested three years ago and was subsequently sentenced to death by retribution in kind (qisas) for "premeditated murder". Qisas or...
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and 67 other human rights organisations have issued a joint statement in support of the "No Death Penalty Tuesdays" hunger strikes in Iranian prisons, now in their 31st consecutive week. The strikes, initiated by political prisoners in response to the alarming increase in executions across Iran, aim to draw attention to the country's widespread use of the death penalty,...
Iranian authorities executed Mohammad Khaled Jahangiri, a prisoner from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on drug-related charges in Tabriz Central Prison, East Azerbaijan Province, on 22 August. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Jahangiri was transferred to solitary confinement for execution the day before. Jahangiri was a father of two from the village of Balu in Orumiyeh. According to statistics compiled by the KHRN, at...
Iranian authorities executed Mohammad Daghestani, a prisoner from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on drug-related charges in Miandoab Prison early on 21 August. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Daghestani was transferred to solitary confinement on 20 August in preparation for execution. Daghestani, a 49-year-old father of two from the village of Haki in Orumiyeh, was arrested several years ago on drug trafficking charges.