Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes four prisoners on drug, murder charges in Karaj

Iranian authorities today executed four prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on charges related to drug offenses and "premeditated murder". The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the executed individuals were Foroud Geravand, Mohammad Gholami, Esmaeil Sharafi, and Shahab Maleki. Geravand, 50, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, was arrested in 2015 and charged with drug offenses and the "premeditated murder" of...

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