Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoners Eghbal Fathollahi, Mohsen Emraei, and Shahram Mohammad-Beygi were executed today on charges related to "drug trafficking" and "premeditated murder" in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Ilam Central Prison in Ilam Province. Emraei, Fathollahi and a third prisoner, whose identity remains unknown, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison on 27 November. Fathollahi, from Ilam, and Emraei, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan...

At least three prisoners previously sentenced to death for drug-related offences were today transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that two of the prisoners are Eghbal Lahouri and Mohsen Emraei. Lahouri, from Ilam in Ilam Province, and Emraei, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, were arrested about five years ago in...