Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 10, 2023: Jafar Mohammadpour and Ghobad Farhadi were executed for drug-related charges in Urmia Central Prison. Parvin Mousavi’s execution was postponed for unknown reasons.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least two men were executed in Urmia Central Prison on 9 June. Their identities have been established as Jafar Mohammadpour and Ghobad Farhadi who were both sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
Iran Human Rights
previously reported that Parvin Mousavi, a woman also on death row for drug-related charges, was transferred for execution along with the men.
An informed source told Iran Human Rights that her sentence was postponed for unknown reasons.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
According to the
2022 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 256 people were executed for drug-related offences in 2022, a more than two-fold increase compared to 2021 (126) and ten times more than 2020 (25).
Execution in Zahedan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 9, 2023: Ali Doust Barahouyi, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.
According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 8 June. His identity has been reported as 45-year-old Ali Doust Barahouyi who was sentenced to qisas for the murder of his wife.
He was arrested in Kharout Bakhsh village around two years ago.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
According to the 2022 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 582 people were executed in Iran. Of those, 288 were executed for murder charges.
Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.
Source:
Iran Human Rights, Staff, June 10-9, 2023
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