Iran: Three Men Executed in Isfahan Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 29, 2020: Three prisoners were executed at Isfahan central prison on April 22.
According to IHR sources, three executions were carried out on Wednesday, April 22, at Isfahan central prison. Death row prisoner Ali Sheikhani had been sentenced to death on the charge of rape. Mojtaba Haeri and Jamal Jafari-Nasab had been sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder charges.
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.
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