IRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON

Based on information from Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, three prisoners held at Rajai Shahr Prison were executed on the morning of 3 October 2018. As part of a group of 14 prisoners, the three inmates who had previously been found guilty of murder were moved to solitary confinement on October 2nd, in preparation for their execution.Their identities were given as Mahmood Akbari, Yasser Eslami, Omid Khosronejad. Mahmood Akbari had committed murder in a street fight.