29 December 2011 :
The public execution for a prisoner was carried out on the dawn in the Danesh Square in Shahre Kord, Iran, even while the prisoner needed urgent medical attention.According to state-run media, a prisoner identified as Kianoush Sh. who had cut his wrists a few minutes before his execution was hanged in public despite heavily bleeding.
He reportedly cut his vein with the sharp edge of his handcuffs.
Notably, in a handful of cases, the Iranian security system gives sedatives to prisoners before carrying out the death sentence to prevent such incidents.
(Sources: Human Rights Activists in Iran, 16/12/2011)
