Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The death sentence of Arsalan Moradi, a prisoner who had been sentenced to death on charges of “transportation of drugs”, has been carried out in Birjand Prison. Moradi was a Kurdish prisoner from the city of Divandarreh in Kurdistan province. A source familiar with the prisoner's case spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: "Arsalan Moradi was a truck driver and was arrested...

Iran has carried out the death penalties of three prisoners Sadegh Mohi, Ahad Nematollah, and Mohammad Mahmoudi in Orumiyeh Central Prison in the morning of 4 April, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). On 3 April, prison authorities took the three prisoners, along with two other prisoners named Ebrahim Nasirkhah and Mostafa Nasirkhah, from wards six and three of the prison to solitary...

Iran has executed a prisoner who was charged with “premeditated murder” and was sentenced to death based on the concept of “Qesas” or “retribution in kind” in Islamic law. The 33-year-old Naser Valizadeh from Bukan, who was imprisoned in 2014, has been executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison in the morning of 14 March, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).Valizadeh was taken from Ward...

Death row prisoner Mohammad Moradi was hanged on 17 December in Iran's Saqqez prison five years after he was sentenced to death for murder.  The 27-year-old convict from Saqqez was taken to solitary confinement a day before his execution was carried.

The death sentence of Daniel Diwani-Azar from Mahabad, who had previously been sentenced to retaliation (execution) for the murder of Sadegh Barmaki, was carried out in Miandoab Prison on the morning of December 09. The other defendant in this murder charge, 23-year-old Kamal Asghari, was executed in Mahabad Prison earlier on December 07. Daniel Diwani-Azar was arrested in September 2017 along with Kamal Asghari and Daniel...

Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on Thursday October 29,2020. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Yasser Cheshmeh Anvar, Ali Malekzadeh and Zinolabedin Hosseinzadeh were sentenced to death in public about six years ago for the murder of five people at Orumiyeh, but the death sentence was carried out in Orumiyeh Central Prison due to the outbreak...

Death row prisoner Shahram Takhsha was hanged at Sanandaj Central Prison, Kurdistan province, On the morning of October 21, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Shahram Takhsha who had previously been sentenced to death for "premeditated murder" during robbery was transferred to solitary confinement on Sunday, October 18, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Shahram Takhsha, 30, from Kermanshah, was...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the death sentence of a prisoner, Khezr Ghavidel, was carried out in Orumiyeh Central Prison this morning, Sep 10,2020.The prisoner was arrested about seven years ago on "drug" charges and sentenced to death.In mid-April this year, Ghavidel was transferred to the detention centre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Unit and the Orumiyeh...

A death row prisoner, Keyvan Rezagholi, was hanged at Sanandaj Central Prison on Monday, August 10, on charges of "premeditated murder.” Keyvan Rezagholi, 43 years old and from Sanandaj, was arrested in February 2015 for the murder of his friend and he was later sentenced to retaliation. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network has also been informed that another prisoner, Fayeq Ahmadi who was transferred to solitary...