IRAN - 5 Death Sentences Commuted to Prison Terms

Death Sentences of 4 Men and a Woman Commuted to Prison Terms.
Four men and a woman on death row for drug-related charges in Qazvin Central Prison, were notified that their death sentences have been commuted to 15-25 years imprisonment. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, earlier this week, the death sentences of four men and a woman were commuted to prison terms in Qazvin Central Prison. The four men were arrested around five years ago and the woman, about four years ago. Their names are:

1. Sakineh Mohammad-Moradi, death sentence commuted to 15 years
2. Sina Taleshi, death sentence commuted to 18 years
3. Abbas Behrouzi, death sentence commuted to 15 years
4. Salim Babaei, death sentence commuted to 20 years
5. Shahroud Fath-Elahi, death sentence commuted to 21 years

“Sakineh is about 41 years old. She was arrested with 5 kilograms of methamphetamine around four years ago and sentenced to death,” an informed source told IHR.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4875/