Iran: Two Prisoners Executed on Murder Charges

March 9, 2017, 3:56 p.m.

Iran Human Rights (MAR 9 2017): Two unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged at Sari Prison (Mazandaran province, northern Iran) on murder charges.

According to the state-run Iranian news agency, Rokna, the executions were carried out on the morning of Monday March 6. The two prisoners allegedly committed a murder crime in March 2013. According to the report, one of the prisoners was 21 years of age at the time he allegedly committed murder.