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Two Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran

23 Dec 15
Two Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran

Iran Human Rights (DEC 22 2015): On the morning of Monday December 21, a prisoner charged with murder was hanged at Amol Prison (in the province of Mazandaran) and one prisoner charged with murder was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison (in the province of Qazvin).

According to Iran state run news agency, Fars, the prisoner from Amol Prison is "Abbas A., 31 years old". The Judicial Department of Amol says the prisoner was 27 years old at the time of the murder and was jailed for four years before his execution. In a report by the Judicial Department in Qazvin, the prisoner from Qazvin Central Prison is "A. Fallah".