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    Iran: 9 executed this week

    Iran Human Rights Monitor

    At least four inmates were hanged today, November 29 in Rajaie Shahr Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran. The victims were identified as Hossein Alishir, Hassan Aminzadeh, Majid Feizi, Hesam Taghizadeh. They were found guilty of murder. The four were among the 11 prisoners who had been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation of their executions. There is no information available on the status of the other prisoners.

    In yet another case the state-run ROKNA news agency on November 28 reported that a young man was executed in Mashhad Prison. He was found guilty of murder. His full identity has not been released. His accomplice committed suicide inside prison by taking pills. The executed prisoner had served five years in prison.

    Another prisoner, identified by his first name as Majid, who has spent years in prison, was hanged in Rajaie Shahr Prison in Karaj. He was tried by Judge Salavati in the 15th Branch of the Revolutionary Court and was hanged, according to the state-run Jam-e-Jam Website on November 28, 2017.

    In another development on Sunday, November 26, three prisoners were executed for murder charges in the Central Tabriz Prison. One of the prisoners was identified as 30-year-old Taher Amini, from Maragheh. The identities of the two other prisoners have yet to be determined.

    http://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2017/1...s-the-country/

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    Iran hangs a man after being 20 years on death row

    Iran Human Rights Monitor

    A prisoner was hanged on December 24, 2017, in Rajaii Shahr Prison of Karaj. The victim who has been identified by the state-media only as Ghadir, has been on death row singe 20 years ago. He was found guilty of murder.

    According to statistics registered by Iran Human Rights Monitor, the Iranian authorities executed 543 people since the beginning of 2017.

    115 of the executions during the 11 months were made public by the state media and 28 were carried out in public. 4 of those executed were under the age of 18 at the time of arrest, 10 were women and 2 were political prisoners.

    http://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2017/1...ars-death-row/

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