Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoner executed for drug-related charges in Kerman

Yadegar Rahimnezhad, a 41-year-old prisoner from Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was executed today in Kerman Central Prison on drug-related charges. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rahimnezhad was moved to solitary confinement in recent days in preparation for execution, and was executed in the early hours of the morning alongside a Baluch prisoner, Aboubakr Shah-Bakhsh. Rahimnezhad was reported to have given a ride to...

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