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Iran: Man Hanged in Isfahan

21 Aug 19
Iran: Man Hanged in Isfahan

Iran Human Rights (IHR); August 21, 2019: A prisoner was executed at the prison of Najafabad city, Isfahan province, Thursday. 

According to IHR sources, on the morning of Thursday, August 15, a man was executed at the prison of Najafabad city, Isfahan province. He was identified by IHR as Hashem Mardoudi, 36, from the northern city of Lahijan. 

“Hashem was arrested five years ago for killing a man. His family tried their best to win the plaintiffs’ consent but they failed. The victim’s family refused to accept diya (blood money) and insisted on qisas (retribution in kind),” a well-informed source told IHR.

According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family. In qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive or demand diya (blood money). In many cases, the victim's family are encouraged to put the rope is around the prisoner's neck and even carry out the actual execution by pulling off the chair the prisoner is standing on.