IRAN: 3 KURD MEN HANGED IN DIZELABAD PRISON OF KERMANSHAH
March 6, 2018: At the morning hours three Kurd inmates were executed at Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah, western Iran. Two of the victims are identified as Keyvan Rashkhar, 27, and Masoud Vakili, 27. Both had been found guilty of murder. Keyvan Rashkhar, a musician who published his latest album in 2010, was sentenced to death five years ago for murdering his cousin, Teymour Zareie. According to the victim’s relatives his body was delivered to his family and was buried in the city’s ‘Veis’ cemetry. There is no news available on the identity of the third victim who was hanged based on drug related charges. (Sources: IranHRM, 04/03/2018)
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