IRAN - Behrooz Abdi hanged on August 7 in Ilam prison

12 January 2020 :

Behrooz Abdi was allegedly hanged on August 7 in Ilam prison. Hengaw reports this news in its year-end report on executions in Kurdistan in 2019. The man, of kurdish ethnicity, was accused of murder. The news is not confirmed by other sources.
 
(Sources: Hengaw)

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