Iran Human Rights, January 16: Four prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons reported the official Iranian media today.
Two of the prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj (west of Tehran). According to the state run Iranian news agency Mehr, one of the prisoners was a "young boy" who was convicted of murdering and old woman in 2008. The other prisoner was a "young man" convicted of murdering a man in 2007, said the report. Age and names of none of the prisoners were mentioned in the report.
According to the website of the "human rights and democracy activists in Iran" (HRDAI) the boy who was convicted of murdering the old woman was Kianoosh Naderi born in 1991. He was a minor at the time of committing the alleged offence said the group. Iran Human Rights (IHR) is investigating this case further.
Two prisoners executed in north-eastern Iran: One of them hanged in public
According to the state run Iranian news agency Aftab, two prisoners were hanged in north-eastern province of Khorasan early this morning January 16. According to the report one of the prisoners was hanged publicly in the town of Sabzevar while the other prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mashhad.
Both the prisoners were convicted of rape and age and name of none of them were mentioned in the report.