Iran Executions: Man Hanged in Public

According to IRIB News, a man was hanged in public this morning at the Iranian city of Jahrom. He was sentenced to death for murdering a man 12 years ago.

According to Tasnim News Agency, the prisoner is identified as Jalaloddin Mosallanejad. He was sentenced to death and 15 years of imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering a man called Mohammadnabi Khajehpour.

UN human rights experts, including the former Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, had previously drawn particular attention to continued reports of public executions. “a dehumanising effect on both the victim and those who witness the execution” and ultimately reinforced the “already cruel, inhuman and degrading nature of the death penalty,” UN experts said.