Wednesday 24 August 2016

Two Prisoners Executed in Southern Iran

Iran Human Rights (AUG 23 2016): A prisoner on death row for drug related charges was reportedly hanged at Sirjan Prison (Kerman province, southcentral Iran), and one prisoner was reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Prison (Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on unknown charges.

According to the unoffocial news source, Baloch Activists Campaign, a prisoner identified as Reza Naruee was hanged on the morning of Thursday August 18 on drug related charges. The group also reports on the execution of a prisoner, identified as Habib Jamalhezi (pictured below), at Bandar Abbas Prison on Sunday August 21 on unknown charges.

Iranian official sources, including the media and Judiciary, have been silent on these two executions.

Earlier, Iran Human Rights had reported on the public execution of two prisoners at Saheli Boulevard in Bandar Abbas on rape charges.The executions were reportedly carried out on the morning of Wednesday August 17 in front of a crowd of people.




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