Iran: Three Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinement for Execution

According to IHR sources, At least three prisoners have been transferred to the solitary confinement of Rajai-Shahr in the Iranian city of Karaj for execution. 

IHR identified the prisoners as Ali Dlavari, Mostafa Bakhti and Mojtaba Soleimani. All of them have been sentenced to death for murder. If they fail to win the consent of the plaintiffs, they would be executed. 

According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation. In qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive or demand diya (blood money). 

In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family. 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.

Executions are usually carried out on Wednesdays at Rajai-Shahr prison.