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Prisoner Hanged in public in Qazvin (west of Tehran)

Qazvin public execution, Jan 28, 2014
Qazvin public execution, Jan 28, 2014
Iran Human Rights, January 28, 2014: One prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Qazvin (west of Tehran) today Tuesday January 28, reported the official Iranian media.

Based on the official and unofficial reports Iran Human Rights (IHR) has collected, in the first 4 weeks of 2014 at least 61 people have been executed in Iran.

Mahmodo Amiry-Moghaddam, the Spokesperson of IHR condemned today’s public execution in Qazvin and urged the international community to react to the wave of executions in Iran.

The man who was hanged publicly today was according to the prosecutor of Qazvin identified as “H. Lotfi” (44 year old) and was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, convicted of smuggling 8 kilograms of heroin.

Hundrerd of people, among them minors watched the public execution. Iran is the country with the highest number of public executions. Iran Human Rights has urged the United Nations to ban public executions.

Source: Iran Human Rights, January 28, 2014

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