Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran transfers two death row prisoners to solitary confinement for execution

Prisoners Farzollah Nasiri and Hamzeh Shahbazi, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Nasiri, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, and Shahbazi, from Tehran, were both previously convicted on drug charges. Shahbazi was imprisoned several years ago, while Nasiri was arrested...

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