Iran Human Rights; October 22, 2018: A prisoner was executed on a murder charge at Ardabil Central Prison this morning.
Meisam Saber, 27, was convicted to qisas (retribution in kind) on a murder charge in 2013. His execution was carried out on the morning on Sunday, October 22, 2018.
According to HRANA, Meisam Saber was transferred to the solitary confinement a day prior to the execution.
The Iranian media outlets have not published news related to the aforementioned execution 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.
Man Hanged at Zahedan Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); October 20, 2018: A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on rape charges this morning.
According to the IHR sources, Mehdi Mirshekar, 31, was in prison for 6 years before the execution.
He was convicted to death on rape charges and his execution was carried out on the morning of Saturday, October 20.
According to HRANA, Mehdi Mirshekar was transferred to the solitary confinement of Zahedan Central Prison on Monday, October 15, 2018.
The Iranian media outlets have not published news related to the execution so far.
Source: Iran Human Rights, October 21-22, 2018
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