IRAN - Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei executed in Rasht on February 23

IRAN - Rasht Central Prison

03 March 2023 :

(February 23, 2023) - Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei executed in Rasht Central Prison (Lakan) on February 23. The two men were sentenced to death for murder.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5758/
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5754/

 
(Source: IHR)

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