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Iran | Ramadan is over, back to business as usual: Man Hanged for Murdering His Cousin, 5 Prisoners Transferred for Execution

Iran Human Rights (IHR); June 3, 2020: A death row prisoner was hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city, northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi.

According to Khorasan Daily, on the morning of Monday, June 1, 2020, a man was hanged at Mashhad Central Prison. 

The unnamed prisoner was sentenced to death for murdering his cousin during a fight. 

At the time of the incident, both men were at their 20s. 

According to IHR’s Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, at least 280 people were executed in Iran in 2019, including 225 for murder charges.

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.

At least 5 Prisoners Transferred for Execution in Rajai Shahr Prison


Iran Human Rights, June 3, 2020: At least 5 prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement and are scheduled to be executed during the next week. 

According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, 5 death row prisoners, mainly sentenced to death for murder charges, were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajai-Shahr prison on Tuesday, June 3. 

The death sentences are scheduled to be carried out next week.

IHR Annual Reports on the Death Penalty in Iran during the last five years show that a significant portion of all qisas executions every year are carried out in Rajai Shahr prison (previously known as Gohardasht Prison). 

In 2019, at least 68 qisas sentences were carried out in Rajai Shahr prison. 

This counts for 30% of total qisas executions and 24% of all executions for all charges in the country.

Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, June 3, 2020


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