Execution of a prisoner in Lakan prison in Rasht
6-August-2020
Category: executions
Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner who more than 4 years ago was arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of murder, was executed on the morning of August 6, 2020, in Lakan Prison in Rasht.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the death sentence of a prisoner who had previously been arrested on a charge of murder, was carried out in Lakan Prison in Rasht on Thursday, August 6, 2020. Breathing in Confinement has identified the prisoner as; Mehrzad Rahimi Jalalvand, 33, the son of Rahmat from Chamkhaleh.
“Mehrzad was executed very innocently,” an informed source told the reporter of Breathing in Confinement. “He accidentally caused their neighbour’s son’s death. The victim had stabbed Mehrzad’s father, and Mehrzad just tried to defend himself. Inadvertently, however, he killed the victim. Their hard try to obtain pardon from the blood owners failed and Mehrzad was finally executed. Both families are from Chamkhaleh and are neighbours,” The source continued.
The informed source added: “The death sentences in Lakan prison in Rasht, are usually carried out on Saturdays. However, as this Saturday is Eid-e-Ghadir, Mehrzad’s death sentence was carried out on Thursday.”
Regarding the efforts made to save Mehrzad’s life, the source said: “Last night, Rahimi family along with some of their friends and acquaintances were in front of Lakan prison, in order to prevent Mehrzad’s execution and to obtain the consent of victim’s parents. But unfortunately, the sentence was carried out.”
It needs to be mentioned that as of this writing, the execution of Mehrzad Rahimi has not been announced by the official news agencies.
According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the first six months of 2020, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have implemented at least 114 death sentences in various prisons in the country.
Below is the gathering of Mehrzad Rahimi’s family in front of Lakan Prison and their last struggle to save their son’s life.