A Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Central Prison

HRANA News Agency – Ahad Portaghi who had been held in the Tabriz Central prison on charge of murder since five years ago, was executed on September 21, 2017 in this prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a close person to Ahad Portaghi confirmed the execution of the prisoner.

Mr. Portaghi had been held in the Tabriz Central prison on charge of murdering his wife since 2012. His case went through various stages of the trial and his death sentence was definitive.

He was executed on September 21, 2017 in this prison despite the efforts of Mr. Portaghi’s family to satisfy the victim’s family through requesting permission by head of the judiciary and paying 2400 million IRR for the difference of the blood money.

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