Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executed today prisoner Ali Doudkanlou over murder-related offences at Orumiyeh Central Prison. Doudkalou and two other prisoners, Ramin Shirzadi and Jalal Taheri, were taken to solitary cells on 27 February for execution. These prisoners were sentenced to death on charges of "premeditated murder" under the Islamic law of qisas or retribution-in-kind, which grants the right to retaliate to the victim’s family. Executions of Shirzadi and Taheri...

Death row prisoners Ali Doudkanlou, Ramin Shirzad, and Jalal Taheri were transferred today to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran, for execution. These prisoners were sentenced to the death penalty on charges of "premeditated murder". Prison authorities told the prisoners that their death sentences would be executed on 1 March if they did not obtain the consent of the families of the victims,...