Iran Human Rights (IHR); October 4, 2019: A man was hanged in public in the Iranian northern city of Rasht on Wednesday, October 3, 2019.
At least one child is seen in the published photos watching the scene.
According to IRIB News, on the morning of Wednesday, October 2, a man was executed at a Park in the Iranian northern city of Rasht.
He was sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for killing a policeman a year ago.
In the published photos, at least one child is seen watching the scene. According to Iranian websites, some people were chanting “Forgive! Forgive!”. However, the plaintiffs chose to execute the prisoners.
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).
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.
Out of the 110 people who were executed in the first half of 2019, 83 were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder.
Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, October 4, 2019
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