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IRAN - 5 men executed in Marand on August 9
August 9, 2023: (August 9, 2023) - 5 men executed in Marand on August 9.
Identities have not been disclosed.
On August 9, 2023, five inmates, convicted of rape, were executed in Marand, East Azerbaijan province, as reported by Fars News agency.
Precise information about the execution site of these five prisoners is currently unavailable, and it is unknown whether they were executed in Marand Prison or in the central prison of Tabriz.
The Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor of Marand County, Ziamehr (Zia Mehr), conveyed that following a thorough legal process, these five individuals who had committed an act of abduction and assault were executed today. The incident had originally been reported on May 21, 2022, when a “woman, accompanied by social emergency personnel, approached the prosecutor’s office in Marand County. She recounted her harrowing experience of being abducted by five unidentified individuals, subsequently taken to the surrounding mountains and subjected to an assault by all five of them.” The individuals were arrested four days later and were subsequently sentenced to death.
As per the report, the identities of the executed inmates have not been disclosed.
https://www.en-hrana.org/execution-of-five-inmates-in-marand/
https://en.iranhrs.org/marand-five-prisoners-were-executed/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/08/capital-penalty-of-five-prisoners-convicted-of-rape-executed-in-marand-iran (Source: Hrana)
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