IRAN - Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11
June 11, 2022: Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11. Two other prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Zanjan Central Prison on 11 June. Their identities have been established as 45-year-old Ali Samandarnejad from Hashtroud and Touraj Keshavarz from Hamedan. They were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. Speaking to Iran Human Rights about the executed men, an informed source said: “Touraj Keshavarz was a father of two and had been behind bars for four years. He was a lorry driver prior to his arrest. Ali Samandarnejad had also been in prison for four years for charges of carrying 110 kilograms of methamphetamine.” At the time of writing, neither of their executions have been reported by domestic media in Iran.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5279/ (Source: IHR)
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