Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes Orumiyeh man for drug-related charges

Iranian authorities executed Mohammad Daghestani, a prisoner from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on drug-related charges in Miandoab Prison early on 21 August. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Daghestani was transferred to solitary confinement on 20 August in preparation for execution. Daghestani, a 49-year-old father of two from the village of Haki in Orumiyeh, was arrested several years ago on drug trafficking charges.

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