On Monday, August 18, nine prisoners were executed in the prisons of Amol, Khorramabad, Shiraz, Isfahan, Sari, and Hamedan. This brings the number of executions from July 23 to August 18 (less than one month) to at least 140. According to these figures, nearly five people have been executed daily, meaning one prisoner executed every five hours.
At dawn on Monday, August 18, Saman Ghasemi was executed in Amol prison. He had previously been arrested on murder charges and sentenced to death.
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Two prisoners, Iman Jouzi and Ali Omidi Moghadam, were executed in Khorramabad prison.
Iman Jouzi, son of Hatem and a native of Veysian, had previously been arrested on murder charges and sentenced to death.
The other executed prisoner, Ali Omidi Moghadam, had also been arrested earlier on murder charges.
Davoud Kashani was executed in Hamedan prison. He had been arrested earlier on murder charges and sentenced to death. Behrouz Sadeghi and Arash Mahjoor were executed in Isfahan prison.
Behrouz Sadeghi, 28 years old and from Isfahan, had been arrested four years ago on murder charges and sentenced to death.
Arash Mahjoor, 36 years old and also from Isfahan, had been arrested six years ago on murder charges and sentenced to death.
Also, on the morning of Sunday, August 17, Salar Rahimzadeh, 38 years old, was executed in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. He had been arrested on murder charges and sentenced to death.
At dawn on Saturday, August 16, Houshang Fathi and Siamand Sa’adati were executed in Sari prison.
Houshang Fathi, 30 years old, had been arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death.
Siamand Sa’adati, 41 years old, had been arrested two years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death.
Transfer of 13 prisoners to solitary confinement for execution
Thirteen prisoners in the cities of Bandar Abbas, Beyram, Saveh, and Arak were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for execution.
– In Bandar Abbas, seven Afghan prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement.
– The head of the judiciary of Larestan county announced the public execution of two men and one woman scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, in the Gehdom district of Beyram, a town in Larestan. These prisoners are currently held in solitary confinement.
– On the morning of Tuesday, August 19, two prisoners in Arak prison were transferred to solitary confinement for execution. Their charges were announced as murder.
– Also on Monday morning, Abolfazl Fateh was transferred to solitary confinement in Saveh prison for execution. His charge was announced as murder.
