One Prisoner Executed and Four Prisoners Scheduled to be Executed on Wednesday

May 26, 2014, 11:21 p.m.

One man was hanged in Qazvin (west of Tehran) while four prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Iran Human Rights, May 27, 2014: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Qazvin, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Qazvin province. The prisoner was identified as Erfan and was charged with murder, said the report. The report didn't mention Erfan's age at the time of committing the alleged offence.   According to reports from the sources Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with, four prisoners of Rajaishahr prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) have been transferred to solitary confinement scheduled to be executed on Wednesday May 29.

The prisoner are identified as "Jalal Ostadi" and "Jalal Azarmehr" frm the ward 1, "Alireza Ramezani" and "Ali Jabbar" from ward 2 of Rajaishahr prison. All the four prisoners are charged with murder.