Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Bandar-Abbas Prison

According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, July 24, a man was hanged at the Iranian southern city of Bandar-Abbas’s prison. The prisoner, identified by IHR as Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi, was sentenced to death for murder. 

“Peyman was arrested for killing a man during a fight. The plaintiffs asked some money (around 35000 USD) to forgive him. Unfortunately, his family could not afford the blood money,” a well-informed source said.

According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family. In qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive or demand diya (blood money). In many cases, the victim's family are encouraged to put the rope is around the prisoner's neck and even carry out the actual execution by pulling off the chair the prisoner is standing on.