IRAN: LIVES OF TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER SPARED BY PLAINTIFFS

20 July 2015 :

According to official reports by state run media Hamshahri Online, two prisoners who were sentenced to death for murder were pardoned by plaintiffs.
The names of the prisoners were not included in the report.
 
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, iranhr.net, July 17, 2015)

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