Iran: Family Informed 45 Days After Prisoner’s Execution

According to IHR sources, on the morning of August 4, 2019, a prisoner was hanged at the central prison of the Iranian city of Maragheh. His identity was revealed by sources as Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini, from Marand city. 

“Jafar Seyedhosseini was a plumber. He killed a man during a fight over financial matters four years ago… 45 days after his execution, Jafar’s family was informed,” a well-informed source told IHR. However, the execution is neither reported by Iranian media nor announced by respected authorities. 

Out of the 110 people who were executed in the first half of 2019, 83 were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder.

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.