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Iran: State-run media report nine prisoners hanged

Iranian regime henchman gets ready for executing a prisonerNCRI – Iran regime’s henchmen have hanged four people in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, including a 30-year-old woman, and five others in the southern city of Kerman, state-run media reported on Thursday.

The state-run daily newspaper IRAN said four of the nine including the woman were hanged Wednesday.

Five others were hanged in the southeastern city of Kerman, Fars news agency reported. It did not say when they were hanged.

In Tehran Hamid Mohammadi, Safarali Nassiri, Hosseinali Robatseyli and Zeinab Nazarzadeh were sent to gallows.

Zeinab Nazarzadeh was transferred to an isolated section in Evin prison on Tuesday night and efforts by her family and friends to save her life failed. She was hanged at early hours after two years of imprisonment. Her mother died two months ago due to pressures she experienced.

Iranian regime does not publish official figures on executions. The number of executions since the beginning of 2009 has reached up to 170.
On Wednesday, in a statement the National Council of Resistance of Iran called on all international human rights organizations, especially the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to condemn the deplorable human rights situation in Iran and adopt immediate and binding measures to stop suppressive policies of the clerical regime.