Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes prisoner for murder-related charges in Kermanshah

Prisoner Mohammad Saber Payamian, sentenced to death for "premeditated murder", was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison), in western Iran, on 10 May. Payamian, 34, from Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah province, was arrested last year. He was sentenced to death for "premeditated murder" under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind, which grants the victim’s family the right to retaliate. On 5...

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