Two Prisoners executed in Maragheh Prison, Two Prisoners executed, Farhad Najafi executed
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On July 5, two prisoners were executed in Maragheh Prison in East Azerbaijan Province.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, the identities of the two prisoners have been confirmed as 25-year-old Farhad Najafi, and 23-year-old Ali Ahmadi.
Both prisoners had previously been sentenced to death on charges of rape.
Iran ranks first in the world in citizen executions per capita, according to international organizations. The Statistics and Publication Center of the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) reported that between January 1st and December 20th of 2020, at least 236 citizens were executed.
One of these citizens was executed publicly, and two were juvenile offenders. An additional 95 citizens were sentenced to death.
According to the report, more than 72% of executions in Iran are not reported by the government or the judiciary. Human rights organizations call these “secret executions”.
The execution of these prisoners has not been announced by Iranian media or official sources as of this writing.
Source » en-hrana