Iran: Five Men Executed in One Day at Rajai Shahr Prison

According to the Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, five people were executed on June 10, 2020, at Rajai Shahr prison. All of them were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder charges.

IHR sources could identify two of them as Hamidreza Vafaei and Reza Nowzari. 

IHR Annual Reports on the Death Penalty in Iran during the last five years show that a significant portion of all qisas executions every year are carried out in Rajai Shahr prison (previously known as Gohardasht) 

In 2019, at least 68 qisas sentences were carried out in Rajai Shahr prison. This counts for 30% of total qisas executions and 24% of all executions for all charges in the country.