Thursday , 25 April 2024

Two Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges

Iran Human Rights –  Two prisoners were executed at Salmas Prison (west Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran) on drug related charges.


According to close sources, one of the prisoners, identified as Sami Mamadi, was hanged on Monday October 31. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the other prisoner, identified as Iraj Hamedi, was hanged on Tuesday November 1.
The human rights news agency, HRANA, has reported that at least nine drug related prisoners, including one from Urmia Prison, were recently transferred to solitary confinement in Salmas Prison.
Iran Human Rights had recently reported on two other prisoners who were hanged at Salmas Prison on drug related charges: Bakhtiar Khaledi and Shoresh Mirzapour.

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