Iran Human Rights (IHR); February 1, 2019: Two prisoners were executed secretly last Wednesday at Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj city.
According to IHR sources, two prisoners were executed on the morning of Wednesday, January 30, at Rajai Shahr prison.
IHR could not yet identify them by name.
“Probably they had been transferred to Rajai Shahr for the execution from other prisons or IRGC special wards,” the source added, “recently, executions are carried out in Rajai Shahr prison under strict secrecy measures. Authorities try their best not to reveal information related to the executions, even to the common soldiers who serve as the prison guards.”
Of note, ward 8 of Rajai Shahr prison is under control of IRGC security forces; and political detainees who are under interrogation, are held there.
Last year, Rajai Shahr prison was at the top of prisons where executions were carried out.
Source: Iran Human Rights, February 1, 2019
Man Hanged at Tabriz Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); February 1, 2019: A man who was sentenced to death for murder charges, was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison last Tuesday.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Tuesday, January 29, a man identified as Karim Mohebbi was executed at Tabriz Central Prison.
Kurdistan Human Rights Network has also reported that Karim Mohebbi was arrested four years ago and since then he was held in Tabriz Prison.
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, February 1, 2019
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