Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Isfahan Prison

According to the IHR sources, prisoner Vahid Jahangiri was executed on Monday, December 17, at Isfahan Central Prison. He was sentenced to death for an alleged murder committed seven years ago.

“Vahid had always denied the accusation. However, Vahid was sentenced to death because of testimony from a so-called witness,” the source said.

Vahid was from the Iranian city of Isfahan and the victim was from Golpayegan. The source said that the victim was killed in Isfahan.

The Iranian media outlets have not published news related to the aforementioned execution so far.

According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 240 of the 517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges. There is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and intent.