IRAN - At least three prisoners (Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha) were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr.

At least three prisoners were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Sunday, February 2, at least three prisoners were hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison in Karaj city, near Tehran. They were identified by IHR sources as Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha. At least 20 death-row prisoners had been transferred to the solitary confinement of Rajai-Shahr prison as a preparation for their execution. IHR continues its research to get information about other death-row prisoners’ destiny.