Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 24, 2019: A man who was sentenced to death for rape charges, hanged at Ardabil Central prison last Thursday.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Thursday, April 18, a prisoner was hanged at the Iranian northwestern city of Ardabil’s Central Prison. He was sentenced to death on rape charges.
HRANA website identified the man as Vali Zandian, 45.
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 273 people were executed in Iran in 2018.
At least 23 of them were sentenced to death for rape.
Man Hanged at Kermanshah Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 24, 2019: A man who was sentenced to death for murder charges, hanged at Kermanshah Central Prison last Thursday.
According to IHR sources, a man was hanged at Kermanshah Central Prison (known as Dizel Abad) on Thursday, April 18. He was sentenced to death for murder.
Kurdpa website identified the man’s name as Jafar Hosseini. He was reportedly from the Iranian city of Harsin.
Jafar had spent five years in jail before the execution.
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, the majority of executions in 2017 and 2018 in Iran was for murder charges.
At least 188 prisoners were executed for murder charges in 2018.
Only 33% of executions were announced by Iranian authorities in 2018.
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, Staff, April 24-25, 2019
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