eight prisoners were hanged in different Iranian cities. A group of six were hanged in Karaj’s Gohardasht

eight prisoners were hanged in different Iranian cities. A group of six were hanged in Karaj’s Gohardasht prison. They included three men identified as Vahid Lalabadi, Ayob Farhadi, 33 and Amir Davoodi, 39, who had been transferred to isolation the day before. Another prisoner was hanged publicly in Shiraz (Southern Iran), reported the state run Mehr news agency. He was identified as “M. R. P.” and convicted of murder and Moharebeh for armed robbery said the news. An unidentified 66 year old man was hanged in the prison of Mashhad (Northeastern Iran), reported the Khorasan daily newspaper. He was convicted of a murder in 2008 and sentenced to qisas (retribution).