Execution in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas
28-November-2019
Category: executions
Breathing in Confinement – Death sentences of three prisoners accused of murder were carried out at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas Prison.
According to the Iranian Human Rights Organization, on Sunday morning, November 26, a prisoner named Ebrahim Yarhosseini was executed at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.
“In 2015, Mr. Yar-Hosseini was arrested for murder. After several meetings with the victim’s relatives, Mr. Yar-Hosseini’s family members had managed to obtain their consent to pardon him. Secretly and without prior notice, however, he was executed on Sunday, November 26, “said an informed source.
In addition, on Tuesday, November 12, two prisoners accused of murder, were executed in Bandar Abbas Central Prison. These prisoners have been identified as “Jasim Heydari”, 29 and “Jamshid Torkashvand”.
According to an informed source, “Jasim Heydari had been in prison for murder since 2016 and Jamshid Torkashvand for about four years.”
The execution of these prisoners has not so far been announced officially.