IRAN - Unidentified Afghan national executed in Rafsanjan on August 13

August 13, 2024 - IRAN. Afghan national executed in Rafsanjan on August 13
According to IRNA (State media), an Afghan national was executed in Rafsanjan Prison on 13 August. The unnamed was sentenced to death for charges of moharebeh (enmity against god) for killing six Afghan nationals and four Rafsanjan residents on 7 August 2022.
Ebrahim Hamidi, the Kerman Chief Justice said: “The defendant attempted suicide after fleeing the scene but the police and ambulance arrived in time and he was transferred to a medical centre for treatment. After a partial recovery, the defendant appeared before the special homicide investigator of Rafsanjan and was charged with committing 10 counts of intentional murder with a cold weapon, assault by drawing a weapon with the intention of killing, which led to public insecurity, and being in the country illegally.”
According to another state report, the executed man suffered from a mental disorder.

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