/ IHRights2/2 Informed sources said they were accused of killing two people with a shovel at a building site. Their executions were carried out without prior notice, depriving them of last family visits. https://t.co/hjXU0KQY65 #StopExecutionsInIran07 Sep

Iran: Unidentified Prisoner Executed in Public on Murder Charges

11 Mar 17
Iran: Unidentified Prisoner Executed in Public on Murder Charges

Iran Human Rights (MAR 11 2017): An unidentified prisoner was reportedly executed in public on murder charges.

According to a report by the state-run news agency, Jaame Jam Online, the public execution was carried out on Thursday March 9 in the city of Yazd in front of the parking lot of Mullah Ismail mosque. The report claims that the unidentified prisoner and his brother robbed a jewellery store in August 2015 and killed the jewellery store owner's son in the process.