Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 12, 2023: Hossein Bahrehmand, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Hamedan Central Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on 11 October. His identity has been established as Hossein Bahrehmand who was sentence to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year for the past three years. At least 206 people were executed for drug-related charges in the first six months of 2023, a 126% rise compared to the same period in 2022 when 91 were executed. 40 people were executed in the same period in 2021.
The number of drug executions dramatically dropped in 2018 following a 2017 Amendment to the Anti-Narcotics Laws. Consequently, drug executions ranged between 24-30 per annum between 2018-2020. The Amendment was reversed in practice in 2021 when executions increased ten-fold to 126 in 2021 and doubled again in 2022 with 256 drug-related executions. On 13 September 2023, IHRNGO reported a 94% rise in the number of drug-related executions in the year following the start of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement in September 2022.
Execution in Karaj
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 12, 2023: State media have reported the execution of a man only identified as Shahab for murder in Qezel Hesar Prison.
According to Etemad Online, a man was executed in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on 11 October. The unidentified was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
Rokna reported his identity as Shahab (surname unknown) who was arrested for the murder of his friend on 6 November 2011 and sentenced to qisas. He had escaped at the time and was arrested seven years later.
According to his confessions published in Etemad Online: “The murdered man and I were friends. On the night of the incident, we had gone to a café and were both intoxicated. I don’t know how we started arguing and I attacked him with a knife. I stabbed him in the stomach and chest several times and ran away.”
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.
Execution in Bam
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 11, 2023: Hossein Alizadeh, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Bam Prison.
According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Bam Prison on 10 October. His identity has been reported as 30-year-old Hossein Alizadeh who was sentenced to qisas for murder.
An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Hossein was arrested for murder charges in Rigan around ten years ago. He was transferred to Bam Prison and sentenced to death by the Bam Criminal Court. He was transferred to solitary confinement from the general ward on 9 October and executed in the early hours of 10 October.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Execution in Isfahan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 11, 2023: State media have reported the execution of an unidentified man for murder in Isfahan Central Prison.
According to Etemad Online, a man was executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Vakil Abad) on 9 October. The unidentified 25-year-old man was accused of stabbing another man to death during a street fight. He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
In his published confessions, he said: “We were friends and there was no previous conflict between us; but that day, we went head to head on the streets. By coincidence, I had a knife with me and I stabbed him and ran away. I later found out that he had died and turned myself in from the guilty conscience.”
Source:
Iran Human Rights, Staff, October 10-11-12, 2023
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"One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed,
but by the punishments that the good have inflicted."
— Oscar Wilde
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