Three prisoners were executed at Minab Prison (Hormozgan province) on the charge of rape.
According to a report by Azad News Agency (ANA), on the morning of Wednesday, August 8, three prisoners were executed at Minab Prison.
The prisoners, whose identities have not been mentioned in the report, were sentenced to death on the charge of rape in 2016.
According to confirmed reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), at least 36 people were executed in different Iranian cities in the month of July, 24 of whom were sentenced to death on murder charges.
Prisoner hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on murder charges
According to a close source, on the morning of Tuesday, August 7, a prisoner was hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison.
The prisoner, sentenced to death on murder charges, was arrested in July 2014.
The prisoner was identified as Amir Ali Kalivand, 46, from Lorestan. He was transferred to Bandar Abbas Prison from Hajiabad (a city in Hormozgan province) Prison.
A close source told IHR about his case, “Amir Ali Kalivand was also charged with five kilograms of methamphetamine but he was executed on the charge of murdering a minibus driver.”
The execution of this prisoner has not been announced by the state-run media so far.
Source: Iran Human Rights, August 8, 2018
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