Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes prisoner for murder-related charges in Kermanshah

Behrouz Safari Ghaleh-Zanjiri, a prisoner from the village of Ghaleh-Zanjir in Dalahu, Kermanshah Province, was executed in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, at dawn on 26 February. Safari Ghaleh-Zanjiri, 34, was arrested about four years ago and sentenced to death after being found guilty of “premeditated murder”, a crime punishable by qisas, which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate under Islamic...

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