Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 23, 2020: A prisoner was hanged for murder charges at Sanandaj prison, Kurdistan province, this morning.
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of Thursday, April 23, death-row prisoner Sina Mohammadi hanged at Sanandaj prison.
Executions in Iran have continued to be carried out even after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.
According to IHR’s Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, at least 280 people were executed in Iran in 2019.