iran executions Archives - KHRN

January 9, 2023

Iran executes two prisoners over drug-related offences

Iran executed prisoners Rashid Lavandpour and Khalegh Khezrzadeh in Karaj and Bandar Abbas central prisons today. Lavandpour, who comes from the village of Khargoush in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan

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April 10, 2021

Iran executes prisoner on drug-related charges

Iran has executed a prisoner named Bayazid (Yousef) Rashidi, who had previously been sentenced to death over drug charges, in Orumiyeh Central Prison in the morning of 10 April, sources told the

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January 23, 2020

Orumiyeh; Three Death Row Prisoners Taken Back to Ward

Three prisoners sentenced to death penalty (execution as retribution), who had been transferred to solitary confinement from different wards of Orumiyeh Central Prison yesterday, were transferred

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July 24, 2019

Iran: Two Kurdish Women Executed at Orumiyeh Central Prison

Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vathnkhah, two Kurdish women sentenced to execution on the charge of murder, were hanged on On the morning of July 23, 2019 at Orumiyeh Central Prison. Kurdistan Human

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March 14, 2019

A Prisoner Hanged at Tabriz Central Prison after Serving 15 Years of Imprisonment

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): On Monday morning, March 12, a prisoner charged with murder was executed at Tabriz Central Prison. A reliable source told KHRN that Islam Farsi, 42-year-old

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March 12, 2019

Three Prisoners Hanged on Murder Chargers at Orumiyeh Central Prison

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Three prisoners- Hossein Rahimi, Naji Omarzadeh and Khalil Salehi- were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on Monday March 11, 2019. A

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December 31, 2018

A Prisoner Hanged on Murder Charge at Orumiyeh Central Prison

A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Orumiyeh Central Prison this morning on Monday, December 31. He was transferred to a solitary confinement cell yesterday along with two other death row

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November 28, 2018

A Prisoner Hanged on Murder Charges at Tabriz Central Prison

A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Tabriz Central Prison this morning on Tuesday, Nov 27. He was previously convicted of Qisas (Retaliation in kind). A reliable source has identified the

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October 11, 2018

Approval of the Death Sentence for Hedayat Abdollahpour by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (Branch 47) approved the death sentence for Hedayat Abdollahpour, a prisoner detained at Orumiyeh Central Prison. The court also equally approved the long prison sentence for six

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