Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The execution of two prisoners sentenced to the death penalty on the accusation of committing "premeditated murder" has been temporarily suspended in Iran's western Ilam province. The decision came after the prisoners' families were given an extra month to pay "blood money" to the victims' families. An Iranian court had sentenced two civilians Peyman Maleki and Shahram Dalvand to “retribution in kind” (qisas) on the accusation...

Two prisoners in Iran's western Ilam province have been transferred to solitary confinement today for the execution of their death sentences. An Iranian court had sentenced two civilians Peyman Maleki and Shahram Dalvand to "retribution in kind" (qisas) on the accusation of "premeditated murder". Maleki, from Zarrinabad district of Ilam, has been in prison for about six years. Dalvand, who comes from Dehloran in Ilam, has...