Iran Human Rights (IHR); March 5, 2020: A “homeless” man who had been arrested for robbery, was last week hanged after he had “confessed to committing murder” under interrogations.
The prisoner who is identified as Hamid by the Iranian Davat-Online website, was hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison of Karaj the last week of February. The exact date of the execution is not known.
According to the website, Hamid was a homeless man who was arrested three years ago for robbery. However, he had “confessed” to committing two murders during the interrogation.
It is not known under what circumstances the confession was extracted.
In 2014 a man who had confessed to the crime but was absolved of all charges 48 hours before his execution was to be carried out, was asked as to why he had confessed to a murder he had not committed? He answered: “They beat me up so much that I thought if I falsely do not confess, I would die during the interrogation”.
Man Hanged at Shirvan Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); March 5, 2020: Death-row prisoner Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan city, North Khorasan province.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Saturday, February 29, 2020, death-row prisoner Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged at Shirvan prison.
“Ahmad Mahrokhi was arrested three years ago for murdering his cousin,” a well-informed source told IHR.
In 2019, most of the executions in Iran were carried out for murder charges.
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).
At Least One Prisoner Hanged in Urmia
Iran Human Rights (IHR); March 5, 2020: At least one death-row prisoner was hanged on Sunday, March 1, at Urmia prison, West Azerbaijan province.
According to IHR sources, death-row prisoner Amir Mohammadpour was hanged on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Urmia Central Prison (also known as Darya prison).
He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder charges.
HRANA, which first published the news, mentioned that the young man was a resident of Urmia city.’
In 2019, most of the executions in Iran were carried out for murder charges.
According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation.
Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, March 5, 2020
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