IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.

Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, on the morning of Sunday, July 28, a man was hanged at Nur prison for murder charges. Nur city’s attorney general said the man was 23 at the time of the execution. “The youngster stabbed and killed a 19-year-old man five years ago.” However, according to a Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA) report, the prisoner was 16 at the time of the crime. HRANA identified the man as Touraj Ghassemi.