Iran Human Rights (IHR); July 6, 2019: A prisoner hanged at Kashan prison for murder charges.
According to an Iranian website, IMNA, a person hanged at Kashan prison for murder charges recently. The source has not revealed the exact time of the execution. The executed person has been identified as M S and his/her full name or gender remained unrevealed.
The source said the prisoner was sentenced to death for killing a woman four years ago.
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 273 people were executed in Iran in 2018. At least 188 of them executed for murder charges.