IRAN - Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16

Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights on April 11, two men were executed in Isfahan Central Prison on the morning of March 16. Their identities have been established as 34-year-old Hamid Rastegar and 45-year-old Gholamreza Paki who were sentenced to death for drug offences.
A source told Iran Human Rights: “Hamid Rastegar had been in prison for the last four years. Gholamreza Paki had been arrested on charges of carrying 100 kilograms of methamphetamine five years ago and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court. Gholamreza’s co-defendant was also initially sentenced to death but it was later commuted to 20 years imprisonment.”
Despite more than a month passing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
https://www.en-hrana.org/three-inmates-executed-in-karaj-and-isfahan/
- (Source: IHR)
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