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Six Prisoners Executed in One Day in Two Iranian Cities

7 Oct 15
Six Prisoners Executed in One Day in Two Iranian Cities

Iran Human Rights, October 7 2015: On Wednesday October 7 in Iran, a total of six prisoners were hanged to death for charges of murder. Three of the prisoners were executed at Shiraz's Adel Abad Prison and the three others were executed at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison.

Although the website of the General Directorate of Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures in Tehran has reported on the three executions at Rajai Shahr, no official Iranian source has reported on the three at Adel Abad. All six executions have been confirmed to Iran Human Rights by close sources. 

The report published on the state run website identifies and describes the three Rajai Shahr prisoners as: Dariush Sh., murdered an individual during a quarrel; Majid J., killed an individual during a dispute; and Morteza B., murdered his newlywed neighbours.

According to a confirmed source who asked to be annonymous, the three Rajai Shahr prisoners along with six other prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement on Monday in preparation for their executions. One of the prisoners, identified as Hamidreza Ajdari, was able to receive a reprieve from plaintiffs on his case file and had his life spared as a result. Five of the other prisoners received stay of execution orders from plaintiffs on their case files and were transferred back to their prison cells. The three prisoners who were executed have been identified as: Morteza Bayat, Dariush Shirazi and Majid Javanmard. 

"Iranian authorities had already taken Morteza to the gallows once this April, but his execution was stayed after his family was able to convince the murder victim's family to forgive him. Morteza celebrated his stay of execution with his prison mates; however,  several weeks ago, the father of the murder victim changed his mind and called for Morteza's execution to be carried out," says the source.

The HRANA website has reported on the executions of three prisoners at Adel Abad and has identified their names as: Ali Bazkhosravi, Mostafa Khosravi and Ali Baznourian.

Photo of Morteza Bayat, provided to Iran Human Rights by close sources.