from Iran Human Rights (IHR)
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
"Iran Human Rights, May 26, 2015: Reports by several
independent sources indicate that all of the 22 prisoners in Ghezelhesar prison
who were transferred to solitary confinement on Saturday and Sunday, have been
hanged. The executions reportedly took place on Monday morning May 25. IHR
cannot rule out that some of the prisoners might have been executed the day
before, on Sunday May 24.
Some of the 22 prisoners executed
are identified as: Abbas Heydari, Abbas Ameri, karimbakhsh Bameri, Haj Ahmad
Ebrahimi, Asghar Kooshki, Ahmad Rabiei, Ahmad Rabdoost and Seyed Mohamad
Mirhosseini. IHR is investigating identities of the remaining prisoners. In
addition, the following names were published by the "Human Rights Activists
News Agency" (HRANA):Nader Hajizadeh, Jahangir Shahozahi, Mehran Baluchzahi,
Mehrshad Soleimani, Reza Daeizadeh and Ehsan Saghafi.
Since
the beginning of 2015, at least 400 prisoners have been executed in Iran.
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