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IRAN - Behzad Adl was hanged on May 15 in Adelabad Prison
May 15, 2021: Behzad Adl was hanged today in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz.
The man, identified as 25-year-old Behzad Adl, had been sentenced to deaht three times on charges of rape. Behzad Adl was executed in the prison’s courtyard today after beeing convicted of rape, a charge that he had previously denied. He was arrested on June 21, 2020, and received three death sentences and 99 lashes on rape charges. His case was referred to the Supreme Court after he appealed the verdict and was approved in less than 18 days. According to an informed source, “the death sentence of Behzad Adl was carried out very hastily while two of his three plaintiffs had withdrawn their complaint on Wednesday. The father of the 25-year-old died earlier and he did not have a lawyer in this case.” The issuance, approval and implementation of this sentence has taken place in less than seven months. According to the indictment of Branch 1 of Fars Province, which was issued on October 13, 2020, Behzad Adl had stated that he had confessed to the charges after being threatened with the murder of his mother during interrogation.
https://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2021/05/15/man-deprived-of-fair-due-process-executed-on-rape-charges/ (Source: Iran-HRM)
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