Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executed prisoners Oruj Ali Asl-Hosseini and Babak Aslani on the morning of 18 July in Orumiyeh Central Prison. The two prisoners were sentenced to “retribution in kind” (qisas) for “premeditated murder”. Also, Meysam Sadeghi, who was taken to solitary confinement together with the two prisoners for execution, was returned to the ward after his parents were given a deadline to pay the blood money. On...

Prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison have yesterday set blankets on fire and fought prison officers after prison authorities took three prisoners sentenced to the death penalty to solitary confinement for execution. After prisoners Oruj Ali Asl-Hosseini, Babak Aslani, and Meysam (last name unknown) were transferred to solitary confinement, some inmates gathered in the ward's corridor and engaged in a fight with prison guards, a source...