IRAN - Dorhan Heydari and Mirhan Shah Ghasemi were hanged at the Evin Prison in Tehran on April 27.

01 July 2019 :

Dorhan Heydari (also Hidari) and Mirhan Shah Ghasemi (also Mirhan Hhazroshah Ghasemi, Morhan Hozarv Shahghasemi) were hanged at the Evin Prison in Tehran on April 27. Both were sentenced for drug and murder charges. They belonged to the Baluch minority.

(Source: IHR)

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