Kurdish Abdolrahman Mozafari Executed in Sanandaj

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on 28 May. His identity has been established as 60-year-old Abdolrahman Mozafari from Qorveh. He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.

An informed source previously told Iran Human Rights that he had been on death row for 16 years.

At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to the 2022 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 582 people were executed in Iran. Of those, 288 were executed for murder charges.

Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.