Iran Human Rights (IHR); August 24, 2019: A prisoner was hanged over drug-related charges at the central prison of Shirvan city, North Khorasan province Wednesday.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, a man was hanged at Shirvan Central Prison. His name was Morad Shahsavari.
“Morad Shahsavari was arrested for drug offenses. He had been in jail for three years and eight months before his execution,” a well-informed source told IHR.
At least 110 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2019; nine of them sentenced to death for drug offenses.
Man Hanged in Sari City
Iran Human Rights (IHR); August 24, 2019: A prisoner was hanged for murder at a prison in the Iranian northern city of Sari Wednesday.
According to HRANA, on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, a man was hanged at a prison in the Iranian northern city of Sari, Mazandaran province.
The man was identified as Abolhassan Ghorbani, 38. Abolhassan killed a man during a fight four years ago.
“Plaintiffs asked for money to forgive but the prisoner’s family were not rich enough to pay the blood money,” 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 qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive or demand diya (blood money).
In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family.
In many cases, the victim's family are encouraged to put the rope is around the prisoner's neck and even carry out the actual execution by pulling off the chair the prisoner is standing on.
Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, August 24, 2019
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