IRAN - 8 men executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on January 1

According to IHR sources, on the early morning of Wednesday, January 1, eight men were executed at Karaj city’s Rajai-Shahr prison, near Tehran. All men were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder charges. Two of the men were identified as Hossein Gholami, 28 years old, and Saman Doosti, 30 years old, both charged for murder under a street fight. IHR is investigating to reveal Identities of the other six prisoners hanged yesterday.