Three Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges in Gilan

Iran Human Rights, October 10 2015: According to the press department of Gilan's Judiciary, three prisoners with drug related charges were hanged at Rasht's Lakan Prison on Saturday October 10 and also on the same day, a prisoner who is on death row for an alleged murder charge was reportedly spared from execution at the last moment after receiving a reprieve from plaintiffs on his case file.

Iranian official reports have only identified the three executed prisoners as M.M., 36 years old, R.A., 49 years old, and Gh.A., 39 years old. No additional information about the identities of the prisoners has been released by Iranian official sources. The prisoner who was saved from execution has been identified as A.N., 30 years old, charged with fatally stabbing a person.