Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes two prisoners for drug-related charges in Karaj

Death row prisoners Bagher Mohammadi Geravand and Nazir Mohammadi were executed today for drug-related offences in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. The two prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 14 November. Mohammadi Garavand, a 40-year-old civilian from Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, was arrested in 2014 on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. Nazir Mohammadi, an Afghan national, had also been convicted on similar...

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