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Tayeb Mansouri Executed in Isfahan

6 Oct
Tayeb Mansouri Executed in Isfahan

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 6, 2024: Tayeb Mansouri, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Isfahan Central Prison.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 3rd October. His identity has been established as Tayeb Mansour who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder by the Criminal Court.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “Tayeb Mansouri was arrested for the murder of his friend over financial issues three years ago. His friend owed him 9 million tomans which he’d asked for a few times. The last time, the got into an arguments which turned physical Tayed had pushed the victim who hit his head on the wall which caused him to sustain a brain injury and die.”

“Tayeb didn’t intend to kill the victim and denied the intentional killing charges from the beginning and the court ruled against him. His family were ready to pay diya but the victim’s family wanted qisas and refused to accept diya,” the source added.

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. Crucially, while an indicative amount is set by the Judiciary every year, there is no legal limit to how much can be demanded by families of the victims. IHRNGO has recorded many cases where defendants are executed because they cannot afford to pay the blood money.

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.