IRAN: MAN HANGED AT HAMADAN PRISON FOR MURDER CHARGES

20 April 2020 :

According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), a man was hanged on 15 April 2020 at Alvand, the central prison of Hamadan city. The report has not revealed the prisoners name but stated that he was 39 at the time of hanging. The prisoner was arrested for murder around five years ago.

 
(Sources: IHR, 16/04/2020)

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