21 March 2022 :
Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed in Adelabad prison in Shiraz on March 17, 2022
Two men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison on the morning of March 17. The identities of the men who were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) in the same murder case has been established as Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri. The two men had been in prison for around five years.
According to an informed source: “The two prisoners had gone to Shiraz from Ajab Shir (East Azerbaijan Province) as building contractors. Massoud was a contractor and Gholamhossein was his colleague. They worked for around seven months and received half their contracted fee and the building owner was making their life difficult for the remainder of the money, and after a fight, they struck him with a piece of iron at the building site, resulting in his death.”
At least 19 prisoners were executed at Shiraz Central Prison between 9-17 March, none of which have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Sentence Enforcement officials have told 15 other prisoners that their executions will be carried out before the start of Ramadan. The death row inmates charges include murder, drug offences and armed robbery. The news was reported by “IHR” on March 21 without further details.
