IRAN - Farzad Saifpanahi executed in the central prison of Sanandaj on December 18.

Farzad Saifpanahi executed in the central prison of Sanandaj on Wednesday, December 18. According to a report by the Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa), on Wednesday, December 18th, the death sentence of a prisoner accused of premeditated murder, "Farzad Saifpanahi", was executed in the central prison of Sanandaj. This prisoner has been in prison for eight years on charges of "premeditated murder" and had previously been transferred to Qorveh prison to Sanandaj for execution. Farzad Seifpanahi was arrested in a personal altercation that led to the killing of Saadi Qaderi. On Tuesday, December 17th, a number of civil activists have written a letter of forgiveness to the family of the victim, but the victim's family did not consent.