/ IHRightsMehdi Mirzayi, 22, was executed in Malayer Prison on 12 October 2026 after being sentenced to qisas for murder, Iran Human Rights reports. An informed source said his father had been advised not to hire a defence lawyer, on the claim that doing so could jeopardise the chance of https://t.co/t0YkQfupP821 Oct

Young Prisoner Hanged in Public

22 Aug 17
Young Prisoner Hanged in Public

A prisoner in his mid twenties was hanged in public in Isfahan on murder and rape charges. 

Iran Human Rights (AUG 22 2017): On the morning of Monday August 21, a young prisoner was hanged in public on murder and rape charges. The execution was carried out in the city of Nasrabad in Isfahan on the morning of Monday August 21. According a report by the state-run news agency, IMNA, the prisoner - which the report does not mention his name - was arrested on January 3, 2017 at the age of 25 for the charge of raping and murdering a 15-year-old teenage girl.