IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ILAM PRISON
October 19, 2018: A prisoner was executed on 17 October 2018 at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges. According to the IHR sources, the prisoner was identified as Kourosh (Ali) Behzadian. The source told, "Kourosh was married with two sons. He was addicted to Methamphetamine. Six years ago, Kourosh broke into a neighbour's house for robbery. He killed the elderly neighbour woman and also hit her husband into the head. The man went into a coma, however, he survived and told who was the attacker." (Sources: IHR, 17/10/2018)
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