IRAN - Hashem Mardoudi was executed at the prison of Najafabad city on August 15.

Hashem Mardoudi was executed at the prison of Najafabad city, Isfahan province, on August 15. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Thursday, August 15, a man was executed at the prison of Najafabad city, Isfahan province. He was identified by IHR as Hashem Mardoudi, 36, from the city of Lahijan. “Hashem was arrested five years ago for killing a man. His family tried their best to win the plaintiffs’ consent but they failed. The victim’s family refused to accept diya (blood money) and insisted on qisas (retribution in kind),” a well-informed source told IHR.