Iran: At Least Five Prisoners Hanged in Kermanshah

According to IHR sources, on the morning of Monday, December 9, at least five men were executed at the central prison of the Iranian city of Kermanshah (also known as Dizel-Abad).

Names of the executed prisoners Amir-Khorram Najafabadi and Khalil Karami was revealed by Iran Human Rights sources so far. The two were sentenced to death for murder charges. 

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.