HRANA News Agency – At least 20 prisoners were executed last week in Rajaei Shahr prison. Among them Shahram Ahmadi was the most known in the media. Due to lack of information about these executions by official authorities, HRANA is releasing the images of some documents, including supreme court’s sentence and defendant’s defense against the charges, in order to help clarify this case for public.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shahram Ahmadi is the most famous name in the list of 20 prisoners who were executed last week. Continue reading “Documents about Shahram Ahmadi’s Case / Pictures”
Category: Executions
4 Executed Sunni Prisoners Explain Their Cases / Video Footage
HRANA News Agency – At least 20 Sunni prisoners were executed by hanging in Rajaei Shahr prison, all of whom were charged with membership or cooperation with Tohid and Jihad group. These prisoners were arrested about 8 years ago. Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshid Dehghani, Kamal Moulayi and Hamed Ahmadi were four prisoners that had a chance to publish what their case was made of and what they were accused of. HRANA had published this video in 2013, but due to importance of clarification about the process of these cases, we publish this video again.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on August 4, the Intelligence Ministry published a statement about the case that is famous as Tohid and Jihad and by giving some explanations accused them to have ties with terrorist activities. This ministry stated that the number of arrested members of this group is more than 100. Continue reading “4 Executed Sunni Prisoners Explain Their Cases / Video Footage”
Shahram Ahmadi’s Last Handwork in the Prison
Shahram Ahmadi had finished the handwork seen in this picture some days before his execution:
Dozens of Sunni Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj; Additional Information
HRANA News Agency – Lack of transparency of Iranian judiciary has caused a confusion about the fate of death row Sunni prisoners who had been taken to solitary confinements on Monday. In the newest remarks, the Attorney General has declared the number of executed prisoners to be 20. Such a high number of executions is in itself rare.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after 36 death row Sunni prisoners were taken unexpectedly to solitary confinements of Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, the families of at least 21 of them were summoned to the prison for the last visit. However none of them managed to show up in the prison because of long distances and abnormal rush in carrying out the executions. Continue reading “Dozens of Sunni Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj; Additional Information”
Dozens of Sunni Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj
HRANA News Agency – Dozens of Sunni prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. The families confirmed that they had seen the corpses of these prisoners in Kahrizak forensics.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), at least 36 Sunni death row prisoners of ward 10 of Rajai Shahr Prison had been handcuffed, shackled, blindfolded and taken to solitary confinements to be executed. Continue reading “Dozens of Sunni Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj”
A Former Police Officer Executed in Mashhad
HRANA News Agency – Reza Sabzevari, 32, former policeman from Neyshabur was executed in Mashhad prison on July 27. His family was informed to attend the last meeting in Mashhad prison one day before. Mr. Sabzevari was married and had two children, 10 and 2 years and a half.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Reza Sabzevari, 32, former policeman from Neyshabur was executed in Mashhad prison. Continue reading “A Former Police Officer Executed in Mashhad”
6 Prisoners Executed in Central Prison of Urmia
HRANA News Agency – Six prisoners were executed on drug-related charges in Central Prison of Urmia. The prisoners were transferred to the solitary confinements a day before.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), six prisoners were executed on drug-related charges in Central Prison of Urmia. Continue reading “6 Prisoners Executed in Central Prison of Urmia”
All Executed Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison Identified by HRANA
HRANA News Agency – On July 13, 6 prisoners were executed on charge of murder in Rajai Shahr prison. The prisoners along with five other prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinements of the prison on July 10. 5 of the prisoners were transferred to their wards and their sentences were not carried out by the consent of the plaintiffs. HRANA has been able to obtain the identities of the six executed prisoners: Continue reading “All Executed Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison Identified by HRANA”
The Number of Executions in Rajai Shahr Prisoner Rises to Six
HRANA News Agency – The number of executed prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison increased to six. On July 18, 10 prisoners were transferred to solitary confinements in the prison to be executed, four of them with the consent or deadlines returned to their wards. Six prisoners have been executed.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), 6 of the 10 prisoners who had been transferred to solitary confinements in Karaj, were hanged in the prison. Continue reading “The Number of Executions in Rajai Shahr Prisoner Rises to Six”
Additional Information on the Latest Executions in Ghezel Hesar Prison
HRANA News Agency – 11 death row prisoners who had been transferred from different prisons to solitary confinements in Ghezelhesar prison were executed by hanging on July 17. Two of them were executed in public and 9 of these prisoners were executed in Ghezelhesar prison. 7 of them have been identified by HRANA so far.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 11 prisoners from different prisons including 4 from Central Prison of Karaj, 4 from Great Prison of Tehran, 1 from Ghezelhesar prison, 1 from Rajaei Shahr and one female prison from an unknown location had been transferred to solitary confinements of Ghezelhesar prison for execution. Continue reading “Additional Information on the Latest Executions in Ghezel Hesar Prison”