Iran Human Rights (IHR); November 16, 2019: A man was hanged at the central prison of the Southern Iranian city of Bushehr Wednesday.
According to HRANA, on the morning of Wednesday, November 13, prisoner Mohammad Hossein Soltani was hanged at Bushehr prison in southern Iran.
He was arrested five years ago for murdering his sister’s husband.
Out of the 110 people who were executed in the first half of 2019, 83 were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder.
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.
Man Executed at Bandar Abbas Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); November 16, 2019: A man was hanged for murder at the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas Thursday.
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of Thursday, November 14, a man was hanged at the central prison of the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas.
His identity was revealed by IHR sources as Salman Babanzadeh, 33, from the Iranian city of Ghorveh.
“He was sentenced to death for murdering his cousin four years ago. Salman’s family were trying to win the plaintiff’s consent but they failed,” a well-informed source told IHR.
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.
Man Hanged at Maragheh Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); November 16, 2019: A man has been executed for rape charges earlier this year.
According to HRANA, at a time between the end of April and beginning of May, a prisoner was hanged in Maragheh prison.
His identity was revealed as Vahid Nedamat, 21, from the Iranian city of Maragheh. Neither Iranian authorities nor media announced his execution.
IHR reported earlier about the execution of a prisoner in Maragheh.
It seems Vahid Nedamat is the same unidentified person.
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, November 16, 2019
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