Iran Human Rights
August 9, 2016
“At least five prisoners,
including political prisoner Mohammad Abdollahi, were executed at Darya,
Urmia's central prison, on Tuesday August 9. One other prisoner was executed on
the same day at Miandoab Prison. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Saveh,
Central Iran. Last week, Iran Human Rights had
reported on the execution of at least 20 Sunni prisoners who were
sentenced to death in a court hearing that lasted only a few minutes. IHR also recently
reported on the unsuspected execution of Shahram Amiri, who was
reportedly sentenced to ten years in prison.
Iran
Human Rights condemns the death penalty for any crime, and calls on the
international community to react strongly and with urgency to the extrajudicial
and summary executions carried out in Iran in recent weeks. "We call on
the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to Iran to investigate the
judicial process and the execution of at least 20 Sunni prisoners, Shahram
Amiri, and Mohammad Abdollahi," says Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson
for Iran Human Rights.”
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