Iran Executions: Two Men Hanged in Urmia Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 29, 2020: Two men were hanged for murder charges on April 28 at the central prison of Urmia city, West Azerbaijan province.
According to IHR sources, on the morning of Tuesday, April 29, two prisoners were hanged at Urmia prison. The prisoners are identified by the sources as Zarar Peyghami from the city of Oshnavieh and Yasser Rasouli from the city of Bukan. Both had been sentenced to death for murder charges.
Executions in Iran have continued to be carried out even after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.
According to IHR’s Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, at least 280 people were executed in Iran in 2019.
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