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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 24, 2022: Abbas Sarouni, a former police officer who was on death row for 21 years, has been executed in Gonbad Kavous Prison.
According to Rokna, a man was executed in Gonbad Kavous Prison on August 24. The report does not name the man who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder in separate cases.
According to videos shared online, his name was Abbas Sarouni who was a police officer prior to arrest.
The Golestan Prosecutor said: “The man sentenced to qisas had shot and killed an individual in 2001 during a verbal argument due to personal differences while off duty.”
According to data gathered by Iran Human Rights, at least 183 people were executed on murder charges in 2021. Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.
At least 251 including 6 women and 67 Baluch minorities were executed in the first six months of 2022. This is double the number of executions in the same period in 2021 when 117 people were executed.
