IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON

Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 26 June 2019. According to IHR sources, Most of them were sentenced to death for murder charges. IHR could identify three of the executed prisoners as Ghorban Soleimani, Hanif Motaharinejad and Majid Hassanzadeh. Two others have not been identified by IHR sources yet. However, according to IHR sources, one of the latter two was transferred from Ghelezhesar prison to Rajai-Shahr prison for the execution. The above-mentioned executions are not announced by Iranian authorities or media so far.