Iran: Two Prisoners Hanged on Murder Charges

According to close sources, one of the prisoners was executed at Qorveh Prison (Kurdistan province northwestern Iran) on Tuesday February 21. The prisoner has been identified as Hossein Darvishi Kouchaki, 32 years of age. Mr. Darvishi Kouchaki was reportedly sentenced to death on murder charges and was held in prison for more than five years before he was executed.

"In the past few years, Hossein's family have made many attempts to convince the murder victim's family to spare Hossein's life, but they have not agreed," a source close to Mr. Darvishi Kouchaki's family tells Iran Human Rights. ,

According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a prisoner was hanged at Dizel Abad Prison (Kermanshah province, western Iran) on Wednesday February 22. This report, which has been confirmed by Iran Human Rights, identifies the prisoner as Farshid Sajjadi Asl (pictured above).

Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have not announced these two executions.