Wednesday morning, Feb. 14, 2018, at least 6 prisoners were executed in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
The names of 2 of them are Farnam Farinam and Morteza Shafaghi. 1 of the executed was an Afghan citizen.
3 prisoners who were taken to solitary confinement for execution were again temporarily returned to their cells after being tortured and having witnessed the execution.
The names of the returnees are as follows:
Saeed Ranjbar, Mohammad Omrani, Mohammad Saleh Dolatabadi.
It is noteworthy that all returnees were also collectively placed on the execution platform with hanging ropes around their necks waiting for the consent of the families, so they remove the rings from their necks if they want.
The 3 prisoners came back to the prison with their faint color and disturbed from the scene of death, not even able to speak. The anti-human clerical regime, with its inhumane laws and its dirty tricks intend to blame responsibility on other victims.
A Prisoner Executed in Zanjan
The prisoner, identified as Majid Keykavusi from Marand, was sentenced to death on murder charges.
A prisoner was hanged at Zanjan Central Prison on murder charges.
According to a close source, on the morning of Tuesday, February 13, a prisoner was hanged at Zanjan Central Prison. The prisoner, identified as Majid Keykavusi from Marand, was sentenced to death on murder charges.
An anonymous source told Iran Human Rights, "In 2012, Majid Keykavusi got into a fight with someone who owed him 9 million Tomans and he accidentally kills the debtor."
The prisoner was transferred to Zanjan Central Prison 20 days ago to be executed.
The execution of this prisoner has not been announced by the state-run media so far.
According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 142 of the 530 execution sentences in 2016 were implemented due to murder charges.
There is a lack of any classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for all types of the murder, regardless of intensity and intent.
Karim Zargar, the Head of a Spiritual Institution, Was Hanged
Karim Zargar, the former general manager of IRIB's international section, Iran TV's channel one broadcast manager, head of the Faculty of Radio and Television, and owner and managing director of Film Reports magazine (Gozaresh-e-Film), was hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison.
According to a report by Rokna, a man who has established a "fake spiritual institution" was executed. The report does not mention the name of the defendant or the date of execution. However, evidence suggests that the defendant was Karim Zargar who had been arrested along with his wife, Marjan Davari, in October 2015. Both of the defendants had been sentenced to death on the charge of Moharebeh by hardliner Judge Salavati at branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court.
Karim Zargar's lawyer, Vahid Moshkani Farahani, confirmed the execution of his client at Rajai Shahr Prison and told Iran Human Rights (IHR), "I wasn't informed of the execution, even though, the law emphasizes the presence of the lawyer at the time of the execution."
Aside from his Moharebeh sentence, Karim Zargar was also sentenced to death on the charge of rape by branch 6 of the Criminal Court of Tehran, but according to his lawyer, the execution was carried out for his Moharebe charge.
According to a report by HRANA, Karim Zargar was executed on Tuesday, January 30. However, most executions at Rajai Shahr Prison are carried out on Wednesdays.
Well-informed sources told Iran Human Rights (IHR) that the Supreme Court has rejected Marjan Davari's execution sentence and has sent her case to a parallel court for review.
Prisoner Saved From Execution By A Sunni Cleric's Mediation
A Shia prisoner from Tehran who on the death row, was saved from execution by the mediation of Molana Gorgij, the Sunni Imam of Friday prayers in Azad Shahr.
According to the office of Molana Gorgij, the Imam saved a young man, named Seyyed Hasan Hosseinipour, from the execution. The efforts which finally saved the man's life had been started 3 years ago.
The young man committed an armed bank robbery with the help of another person in 2005 during which a Turkmen soldier named Mohammad Tatar was killed.
It should be noted that in a meeting held at Molana Gorgij's home where the representatives of both parties were present, the late soldier's representative, who was the victim's brother, said that the reason for their forgiveness was God's satisfaction and Molana Gorgij's intervention.
Therefore, the number of the death-row prisoners who have been saved from death by Molana Gorgij has risen to 41.
According to a close source, Seyyed Hasan Hosseinipour is currently held at Rajai Shahr Prison waiting for his trial and official verdict.
Source: NCRI,
Iran Human Rights, February 15, 2018
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