IRAN - Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani

IRAN - Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani executed in Karaj on May 18

May 18, 2022:

Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani executed in Karaj on May 18.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Karaj Penitentiary on May 18. His identity has been established as Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani who was sentenced to death for drug-related offences and later also sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for a murder. Informed sources have told Iran Human Rights that the qisas sentence was for a murder committed in prison but he was executed for the drug-related charges. Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani was transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison to Karaj Penitentiary the day prior to his execution. At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5220/