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IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
October 18, 2016: A prisoner sentenced to death on drug related charges was reportedly
executed in the morning at Miandoab Prison (West Azerbaijan province,
northwestern Iran).
According
to close sources, the prisoner has been identified as 39-year-old Fardin
Soleimanpanah. Iranian authorities reportedly arrested Mr Soleimanpanah on May
5, 2015 for allegedly trafficking and possessing 600 grams of crystal meth
and 150 grams
of crack.
He was sentenced
to death by branch 1 of Miandoab's Revolutionary
Court and the sentence was confirmed on August 2,
2016.
Close
sources say that Mr Soleimanpanah and another prisoner were transferred from
their prison cells to solitary confinement on October 17 in preparation for their
executions. The other prisoner's death sentence was postponed for unknown
reasons. Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have
not announced Mr Soliemanpanah's execution. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, October 21 2016)
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