IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT ARDABIL PRISON FOR MURDER

A prisoner was executed at Ardabil prison on 4 May 2019, HRANA reported. The prisoner was 30-year old at the time of execution and his name revealed as Ali Alaei. He was sentenced to death for murder charges. According to one of Ali’s relatives, “He was arrested along with his wife on the suspicion of committing a murder. Ali was sentenced to death and his wife was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. She is held at Ardabil prison’s women ward.”