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IRAN. 11 PRISONERS HANGED IN PRISON
September 8, 2012: According to unofficial reports in Iran, eleven prisoners were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
The group, Human rights and Democracy activists in Iran (HRDAI), reported that eleven prisoners among them one Afghan citizen were hanged in Evin prison early today. The Afghan prisoner was identified as Mohammad Dahmardeh, 37. According to this report, another Afghan prisoner identified as Nemat Qureishi, 33, was scheduled to be executed this morning but his execution was halted at the last moment.
The report didn’t mention what charges these prisoners were convicted of.
The eleven executions have also been confirmed by a second unofficial source. Official Iranian sources have not yet announced these executions.
Iran Human Rights warned earlier about a new wave of executions in September. A political prisoner identified as Gholamreza Khosravi is scheduled to be executed in the coming days. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 08/09/2012)
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