Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes five prisoners, including one in public

Iran has executed five prisoners in recent days, including one in public, on charges of "premeditated murder" and "drug trafficking". On 28 February, Shoayb Rezapour, a 30-year-old civilian from the village of Sost in Esfarayen, North Khorasan Province, was executed in public in the city, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Rezapour had been sentenced to death for "premeditated murder" after being convicted of...

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