18 Prisoners Hanged in Two Days

Iran Human Rights, October 13 2015: According to official sources, three prisoners were executed in public in the province of Fars on Monday October 12 for alleged drug charges. On the same day close sources report a total of 14 other hangings were carried out by Iranian authorities: six prisoners were hanged in Karaj Central Prison for alleged drug and rape charges and eight prisoners were hanged in Orumiyeh Central Prison for alleged drug charges. The names of the six prisoners in Karaj are: Bahman Karimzadeh, Akbar Shafie, Farhad Dadashi, Nader Seifi, Kiumars, and Hadi Mohammadi. Iranian official sources have not reported or commented on 14 of the 17 executions carried out on Monday.

The public executions were reported by the Justice Department in Fars who identified the prisoners as Nariman J., Yasser J., and Nasser P. The report alleges the three prisoners were sentenced to death by a revolutionary court for "multiple armed robberies, murder, and intimidation through use of an armed weapon."

One day earlier, a prisoner charged with murder was hanged in Bandar Abbas Central Prison. The news was reported by the Justice Deparment in Hormogan and identifies the prisoner as M.T., aged 47, charged with murder, was held in prison from 1995 until the day he was executed.