Iran Human Rights (IHR); September 30, 2019: A man was hanged at the Iranian city of Salmas, West Azerbaijan province, last Thursday.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of September 26, a prisoner was hanged at the prison of Salmas city, West Azerbaijan province.
“He was arrested six years ago for killing his cousin over farm-land and water dispute,” a well-informed source told IHR.
Out of the 110 people who were executed in the first half of 2019, 83 were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder.