Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Qassem Abasteh, a 44-year-old Kurdish political prisoner, was executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on 5 November after 14 years in prison. Abasteh and six other Kurdish civilians had previously received death sentences in a joint case on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) after an unfair trial. The political prisoner was moved to solitary confinement for execution on 29 October. After learning...