3 Men Including Afghan National at Risk of Execution in Shiraz

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were transferred to solitary confinement on 2 March in preparation for their executions in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison. Their identities have been established as 40-year-old Jamil Samadi, 37-year-old Shahrokh Sohrabi and an Afghan national only identified as Iman. Mostafa Jamil is on death row for drug-related charges and Shahrokh and Iman were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Mostafa Jamil was arrested for drug-related charges three years ago. Shahrokh Sohrabi is a father of one and was arrested for murder two years and five months ago. Iman is from Afghanistan and was arrested for murder three years ago.”