Kurdistan Human Rights Network

At the same time as the execution of Shahram Mohammad-Beygi in Ilam Central Prison on 28 November, two other prisoners, Ali-Agha Mohammadi and Nasser Maghsoudi, were also executed in the same facility, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Both had previously been sentenced to death on charges of "premeditated murder". On 28 November, the KHRN reported that Mohammad-Beygi had been executed in Ilam Cental...

Prisoners Eghbal Fathollahi, Mohsen Emraei, and Shahram Mohammad-Beygi were executed today on charges related to "drug trafficking" and "premeditated murder" in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Ilam Central Prison in Ilam Province. Emraei, Fathollahi and a third prisoner, whose identity remains unknown, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison on 27 November. Fathollahi, from Ilam, and Emraei, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan...

At least three prisoners previously sentenced to death for drug-related offences were today transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that two of the prisoners are Eghbal Lahouri and Mohsen Emraei. Lahouri, from Ilam in Ilam Province, and Emraei, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, were arrested about five years ago in...

Death row prisoners Mohammad Andishkouh and Moslem Jamshidi were executed today on drug-related charges in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. The two prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 21 November. Andishkouh, 29, from Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, was arrested about eight years ago and sentenced to death. Jamshidi was a 55-year-old father of one from Harsin, Kermanshah Province.

Two death row prisoners Mohammad Morad Andishkou and Moslem Jamshidi, convicted of drug-related offences, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 21 November. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that after their transfer to solitary confinement, the prison authorities informed the prisoners' families that they would be executed several hours later. Andishkou, from Kuhdasht in...

Prisoner Siamand Ostovar was executed today for drug-related offences in Ardabil Central Prison in Ardabil Province. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 16 October. Ostovar, a 39-year-old father of two from the village of Danguz in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested and sentenced to death two years ago in Ardabil.

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi and Ayoub Karimi, held at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, are facing an imminent threat of execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. One of the co-defendant of these prisoners, Ghassem Abasteh was executed on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) took place on...

Today, at least five death row prisoners, previously convicted on drug and murder charges, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution at Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. The identities of these prisoners remain unknown at this stage. Prison authorities have reportedly informed the families of these prisoners that the execution is scheduled for tomorrow morning. KHRN has documented the executions of at least nine prisoners...

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...