4 of 15 Executions in Iran this Morning Were Public - 5 Prisoners Face Public Hanging Tomorrow and 7 Others May Be Executed in Coming Days
Iran Human Rights, November 7: Iranian state media have reported a total of 15 people were executed in Tehran, Shiraz and Zarand (Kerman Province) early this morning.
Four prisoners were hanged publicly in Shiraz and five more are to be reportedly hanged in the coming days:
The official website of the Iranian judiciary in the province of Fars reports four prisoners were hanged publicly in the Koozeh-Gari Square of Shiraz (southern Iran). They were convicted of drug-related charges. Their names have been identified as: ’Arash Esmaeili’, ’Naghibollah Tajik’, ’Shahpour Majnun Mozafari’, and ’Najaf Ali H.
Fars also reports nine prisoners will be executed in the coming days. Five of the prisoners, who will be hanged publicly tomorrow, have been identified as: ’R.D.’, ’F.M.’, ’M.D.’, ’S.H.’, and "P.K.’ They are convicted on drug-related charges.
10 Prisoners hanged in Tehran’s Evin Prison:
IRNA, the official Iranian news agency reports ten prisoners were hanged in Tehran’s Evin Prison early this morning. They were convicted of drug-related charges.
The prisoners have been identified as: Ahmad Tajari, Shahram Yadollahi, Yousef Karimkhani Zarnaghi, Ghader Malaki, Asgar Faraji Nayeri, Abdolghader Hadi Tajik (Afghan citizen), Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Hamid Gholami, Gahhreman Gahsemi Karam, and Ahmad Barahoui.
One prisoner hanged in Zarand— Kerman Province, southeastern Iran:
Fars reports one prisoner was hanged in Zarand Prison (southeastern Iran) early this morning. The prisoner, identified as ’Y. A.’, was reportedly convicted of possession and trafficking 809 grams of heroin.
According to unofficial reports from the site, Human Rights And Democracy Activists In Iran, three prisoners (all Afghan citizens) have been transferred from Rajai Shahr prison to solitary confinement cells in Evin Prison. They may be executed in the coming days.
According to Iran Human Rights’s annual report on the death penalty, in 2011, more than 80% of executions in Iran were for drug-related charges.
Multiple reports reveal many of the prisoners executed for drug-related charges were subjected to torture and faced unfair trials.
Human rights NGOs have criticized the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and donor countries for their contribution to Iran’s so-called war on drugs, despite the country’s high number of unlawful executions carried out for drug-related charges.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, urged the international community to react to the widespread, unlawful executions in Iran.
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