IRAN - Mehdi Teimouri executed in Urmia on May 5
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(May 5, 2023) - Mehdi Teimouri executed in Urmia on May 5.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Urmia Central prison on 5 May. His identity has been established as Mehdi Teimouri, who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
IHR previously reported the executions of Faramarz Shakhsi, Davod Mahmoudyar and Behzad Hanifi at the prison that day.
Official sources reported a drug execution in Western Azerbaijan province (and Urmia is in Western Azerbaijan province) that day without naming the executed individual. As such, none of the three men have been named by official sources.
— SOURCES
- (Source: IHR)
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