Iran: Man Hanged at Shirvan Prison

According to IHR sources, on the morning of Saturday, February 29, 2020, death-row prisoner Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged at Shirvan prison.

“Ahmad Mahrokhi was arrested three years ago for murdering his cousin,” a well-informed source told IHR.

In 2019, most of the executions in Iran were carried out for murder charges. 

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).