/ IHRightsAziz-Haji was 30. A source said men attacked him over his brother’s debt and that the court rejected his account of defending himself. The clash left one attacker dead and another injured. The Criminal Court had sentenced him to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. At the https://t.co/yYdo3qiZwi25 Oct

Three Prisoners, Among Them An Afghan Citizen Hanged in Iran

12 Dec 14
Three Prisoners, Among Them An Afghan Citizen Hanged in Iran

Iran Human Rights, December 11, 2014: Three prisoners were hanged in the Rajaishahr Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) yesterday 10. December, reported the Iranian media.  According to the Iranian daily newspaper Shargh, two of the prisoners, identified as "Morteza" and "Mansour", were convicted of sexual abuse and rape of two young boys. They were scheduled to be hanged publicly yesterday but for some reasons the executions were carried out inside the prison. Several Iranian news sites such as Tabnak reported about the execution of an Afghan citizen in the Rajaishahr Prison yesterday.

The man who was not identified by name was convicted of murdering another man. The victim's wife was sentenced to imprisonment for complicity.