2 men were executed at prisons of the Iranian northwestern cities of Tabriz and Ardebil on April 30 and May 4, 2019, respectively.
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the morning of April 30, a man was hanged at Tabriz central prison for “rape charges.”
The unnamed man was 32, from the city of Maragheh.
IHR could confirm the execution of one person at Tabriz on the same day but could not obtain more information yet.
Moreover, HRANA reports an execution at Ardabil prison on May 4, 2019.
The prisoner was 30-year old at the time of execution and his name revealed as Ali Alaei. He was sentenced to death for murder charges.
According to one of Ali’s relatives, “He was arrested along with his wife on the suspicion of committing a murder.
Ali was sentenced to death and his wife was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. She is held at Ardabil prison’s women ward.”
None of the aforementioned executions was announced by Iranian authorities or media so far.
Man Hanged at Maragheh Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); May 7, 2019: A man was executed at Maragheh Prison for murder charges last Saturday.
According to a report of Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, confirmed by IHR, a prisoner was hanged at Iranian northwestern city of Maragheh’s prison.
The prisoner has been identified as Shahin Samadi, 34, from the city of Naghadeh.
Shahin “had been held in prison for four years. He could not win the consent of the plaintiffs and thus, his execution verdict was carried out,” a well-informed source said.
According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family. In qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive or demand diya (blood money).
Of note, Shahin emphasises in the court that he only pushed the victim and had no intention to kill him.
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.
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 273 people were executed in Iran in 2018.
At least 188 of them executed for murder charges.
Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, May 6-7, 2019
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