25 Prisoners Were Executed in Iran, According to Unofficial Sources

One of the prisoners transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison was identified as "Mohsen Jahanbakhsh" born in 1977. Mr. Jahanbakhsh was sentenced to death by the judge Salavati, convicted of Moharebeh (war against God) for participation in armed robbery. His family were not informed about the execution and they were not given the opportunity of visiting him for the last time.

Identities of the other 20 prisoners are not known at the present moment but it has been reported that most of them were convicted of "Moharebeh", "corruption on earth" and drug related charges.

Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rajaei Shahr today:

According to IHR’s sources in Iran four prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) early this morning July 3. The prisoners were all convicted of murder and three of them are identified as "Mohammad Jafari", "Ali Yadegari" and "Karim Taraj".

IHR strongly condemns today’s executions and warns about more executions in the days prior to the holy month of Ramadan. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR urged the international community to react to these executions.