NCRI – Iran’s fundamentalist regime on Tuesday hanged four prisoners in the north-western city of Tabriz and the western city of Sanandaj. A fifth prisoner was hanged in public in the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Monday.
Zahed Hedayati and Jamal Jaafari were hanged in Sanandaj Prison.
Mostajab Pour Mohammad and Davoud Emazadeh were hanged in Tabriz Prison.
A young man, whose name was not given, was hanged in public near Barq Square in Bandar Abbas on Monday.
A statement by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on August 5 said: “Iran has reportedly executed more than 600 individuals so far this year. Last year, at least 753 people were executed in the country.”
