IRAN: 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN ORUMIEH

December 26, 2013: four prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in the central prison of Orumieh, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The day before, six prisoners had been transferred to solitary cells of the prison. Mohammad Ghezelbash, Hiva Mozhdei, Mehdi Aghajani and Hassan Khabbazi were executed, while Asad Marufi and Seyed Mohammad Rasouli were pardoned by the complaints and were taken back to the prison. (Sources: HRANA, 30/12/2013)