At least 19 people executed in Iran in two weeks

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men including two Afghan nationals were executed in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 16 September.

The identities of three of the men who were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, have been established as Amir Naderzadeh, Sajad Fadayi and Abdollah Abdolsamad (Afghan national). The two other men were sentenced to death for drug-related offenses and have been identified as Behzad Bagheri and an Afghan national only identified as Mobasher (surname unknown).

Furthermore, four men were executed at the prison on 18 September. One of the men’s identities has been established as Shahin Salami, who was sentenced to qisas for murder. The other three men who were on death row for drug-related offenses have been identified as Sepehr Nourani, Taher Arezoumand and Kamran Heidari.

On 23 September, three other men were executed at the prison. Hassan Nejati, Mohammadreza Nejati and Fardin Ahmadi were all on death row for murder.

On 23 September, two other men were executed at the prison. Rasoul Shanbedi was executed for drug-related offenses and Ayoub (Akbar) Sadikhani for murder charges.