A prisoner in Shiraz, saved from execution
9-December-2020
Category: executions
Breathing in Confinement, December 7, 2020: A prisoner in Shiraz, who was under the execution sentence on charge of murder, was saved from the death penalty after being pardoned by the victims family.
According to the IRNA news agency, after seven years in prison, a prisoner named “Farzad Hashemi”, who at the age of 20, had been sentenced to death on charge of killing a young man named “Ardeshir Zibaei” in a scuffle, was returned to life after obtaining the consent of victim’s family.