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IRAN: INMATE HANGED IN ARDEKAN PRISON OF YAZD

12 November 2018 :

A prisoner was hanged on 3 November 2018 at Ardakan Prison of Yazd, central Iran.
Samei Mohtarami, 45, was taken to solitary confinement on November 1. He was found guilty of murder.
He was granted a chance to obtain the required diyeh (financial compensation) for the victim’s family. Being poor, the Mohtarami family could not raise the money.

 
(Sources: HRM, 08/11/2018)

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