One prisoner was hanged at Gachsaran Prison on murder charges.
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning of Monday, August 20, a prisoner
was executed at Gachsaran Prison.
The prisoner, sentenced to death on murder
charges, was identified as Keramat Hassani.
Keramat Hassani was from a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.
A close source told IHR, "Mr. Hassani's family was attacked by 3 thieves in
2010 and their teenage son was murdered by them.
Mr. Hassani shot 2 of the
thieves which lead to the death of 1 of them and a severe injury in the spinal
cord of the other one."
It should be noted that the prisoner had gone on a hunger strike last year in
protest because the prison guards tortured him frequently.
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, 240 of the
517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges.
There
is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in
issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and
intent.
Source: Iran Human Rights, August 22, 2018
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