IRAN - Hamed Amian executed in Yasuj Central Prison around July 29.
July 29, 2020: A prisoner identified as Hamed Amian, 30, was executed in Yasuj Central Prison around July 29. The news was reported by IHR on August 26, indicating, as the execution date, "3 weeks before" another execution carried out on August 19. Amian was arrested in 2017 on charges of murdering his friend and sentenced to death. The exact date of his execution has not been established. Hamed Amian had escaped from Dehdasht Prison in June and was later re-arrested and transferred to Yasuj Prison. He was ultimately executed after the family of his victim refused to withdraw their request for the death penalty.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4402/ (Source: IHR)
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