One prisoner was hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran)

Iran Human Rights, June 19: One prisoner was hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj reported the Iranian daily newspaper Javan.

According to the report the prisoner who was identified as "Majid" was convicted of shooting to death another man on August 6 2006 in Tehran.

Iran Human Rights’ sources reported that the prisoner who was hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison yesterday morning was "Seyed Majid Afzali" about 36 years of age from ward 6 of Rajai Shahr Prison.

According to Javan, three other death row prisoners who were convicted of murder and scheduled to be executed yesterday, were pardoned by the families of the offended.