Iran Human Rights (IHR); November 15, 2018: Ten prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr Prison on Wednesday, November 14.
According to the IHR sources, Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmaeel Ghasemi who were hanged on economic corruption charges were among them. Eight others were executed on murder charges.
Vahid Mazloumin, dubbed the "sultan of coins" by media, was a trader accused of manipulating the currency market. Mohammad Esmaeel Ghasemi was allegedly part of Mazloumin's network and had been involved in the sale of gold coins, Mizan reported.
Of note, Iran Human Rights (IHR) had strongly condemned the executions for the charges of economic corruption. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the Director and spokesperson for the organization, said: "The death penalty is an inhumane punishment, and the international law prohibits death sentence for economic corruption, which is not considered as the most serious crimes. Besides, the prisoners were sentenced to death as a result of an unfair trial in an illegal Court. The primary purpose of the execution of these two people is to create fear in society, not to combat corruption. Iranian authorities know that the system, with corrupt organs such as the Judiciary and the Supreme leader who has absolute power and zero accountability, are the main sources of corruption in the country. We call on the Iranian authorities to put an end to the policy of using the death penalty as a solution to all its problems".
Among those who were executed on murder charges, IHR could identify four as Saman Yamini, Ali Iranshahi, Ali Amindokht and Sam Sagvand.
The Iranian media outlets have not published news related to the aforementioned executions on murder charges so far.
Man Hanged at Zahedan Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); November 15, 2018: A Prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on Monday, November 12.
According to IHR sources, Milad Nouri was hanged on the morning of November 12, 2018. IHR could not yet obtain information about what he was accused of.
Baluchi civil activist, Habibollah Sarbazi, told IHR, “a night before the execution, authorities called his family to go to the prison for the last meeting. We have heard that he was executed on rebellion charges, but we cannot confirm it yet.”
According to the Baluchi Activists’ Campaign, Milad Nouri was a married man with two children. He was arrested around a year ago by security forces.
The Iranian media outlets have not published news related to the aforementioned execution so far.
Source: Iran Human Rights, November 15, 2018
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