Kurdish Danial Kazeminejad Executed in Kermanshah

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Kurdish man was executed in Kermanshah (Dizel Abad) Central Prison on 21 July. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Danial Kazeminejad from Lor village in Eslamabad-e-Gharb.

Informed sources have told IHRNGO that Danial was arrested and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of an IRGC member named Sajad Amiri during an armed conflict.

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

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. 

In 2023, at least 282 people including two juvenile offenders and 15 women, were executed for murder charges, the second highest number of qisas executions since 2010. Only 20% of the recorded qisas executions were announced by official sources. In 2023, Iran Human Rights also recorded 857 cases of families choosing diya or forgiveness instead of qisas executions.