Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes prisoner in Karaj; five others to be executed

Prisoner Rasoul Mohammadi's death sentence was executed at the Karaj Central Penitentiary on 4 January. Mohammadi, a 34-year-old father of two who came from the city of Nurabad in Iran's western Lorestan province, was sentenced to death on drug-related charges about four years ago. In addition, prisoners Rostam Abbaszadeh, Hamed Vafaei, Mehdi Askari, Abdolhossein Emami and Seyyed Jalal Hosseini, who are on death row for similar...

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