Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes two men convicted of rape in Mahabad prison

Ali Atin and Reza Seyyedi, two prisoners from Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, convicted of “rape”, were executed in Mahabad Prison in the early hours of 6 January, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The two prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in recent days in preparation for their executions. Atin, 28, and Seyyedi, 48, were arrested in September 2021 on charges of participating in...

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