Six Prisoners Hanged in Iran

Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Mashhad (Northeastern Iran) in the past few days. Three other prisoners were hanged early this morning in the prison of Bandar Abbas (Southern Iran).    Iran Human Rights, May 1, 2014: Three prisoners were hanged in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad (Northeastern Iran) reported the Iranian daily newspaper Khorasan. According to this report one of the prisoners was hanged on Monday April 28, while the execution of the two other prisoners were carried out on Tuesday April 29. All the prisoners were charged with murder and sentenced to "qisas" (qesas; retribution in kind). One of the prisoners was a 30 year old man while the two others were described as "young men" by the report. None of the prisoners were identified by name.