IRAN - A man, only identified as Sajad, executed in Mashhad Prison on May 19
For murder
A man, only identified as Sajad, was executed in Mashhad Prison on May 19.
According to Khorasan newspaper, a man only identified as 25-year-old Sajad, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on May 19. He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a fight.
Sajad was charged with murdering a 42 year old man during a fight on Adib boulevard in Mashhad on 7 February 2019. He was sentenced to public execution but his sentence was carried out in Mashhad Central Prison.
IHR previously reported the execution of 31-year-old Ghassem.B in Mashhad Central Prison on May 19, which makes this the second execution at the prison on that day.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4751/
https://english.shabtabnews.com/2021/05/23/iran-25-year-old-man-executed-in-mashhad/
- (Source: IHR)
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