Iran state run media, Ashkezar News, reported on the execution of one prisoner in the morning

18 January 2016 :

Iran state run media, Ashkezar News, reported on the execution of one prisoner in the morning at Yazd's central prison (central Iran). According to the report, the prisoner, identified as "A.B.", was a Wahhabi.
 
(Source: Iran Human Rights, January 14, 2016)

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