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            IRAN - 5 Men Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
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              | IRAN - Rajai Shahr Prison (aka Gohardasht Central Prison) |   |  February 23, 2022:  5 Men Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison.According to Iran Human Rights, 5 men were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison (aka Gohardasht Central Prison) on the morning of February 23. All 5 men were sentenced for murder.
 The identities of 2 of the men have been established as Hamed Azizi and Mehran Jafari.
 Speaking to Iran Human Rights, an informed source said: “Hamed Azizi had killed someone in a fight over a girl. Mehran Jafari had killed his brother-in-law, and even though he had 2 children, his wife and her brother carried out the execution themselves.”
 At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media in Iran.
 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5113/ https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-human-rights/iran-five-prisoners-hanged-en-masse-in-gohardasht-prison-in-karaj-eight-in-the-past-week/(Source: IHR) |