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IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN
October 22, 2018: Two prisoners were hanged on 16 October 2018 in Isfahan on murder charges.
According to the IHR sources, on the morning of October 16, Mowloud Shah-Hosseini, 29, from the Iranian city of Divandarreh, was executed at Isfahan Central Prison. He was convicted to death on both murder and drug-related charges. However, the execution was carried out for the murder charge.
On the same day, another prisoner, Behrouz Ansari Lenjan, was executed at Isfahan Central Prison. A source close to the prisoner, told IHR, "Behrouz was convicted to death for murdering a man whose name was Majid. Majid owed Behrouz 7 million Tomans. They fought and unfortunately, Majid was killed." (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 17/10/2018)
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