Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes two prisoners in Hamadan, Kermanshah

Prisoners Saeid Almasi and Habibollah Ilkhani were executed on 18 July in Hamadan Central Prison, in Hamadan province, and Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah province. Almasi, a 41-year-old father of one from Harsin, Kermanshah province, was arrested in 2017 and sentenced to death for drug-related charges. Ilkhani, from Nowdeshah in Paveh, Kermanshah province, was arrested 12 years ago and sentenced to death for "premeditated murder".

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