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Zaniar and Loghman Moradi Executed along Ramin Hossein Panahi

8-September-2018

Category: executions

Breathing in Confinement – Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish political prisoners were executed today in Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.

Breathing in Confinement had already reported the execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi, the other Kurdish political prisoner in the same prison.

The Fars News Agency which is affiliated with the IRGC has now confirmed the execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi and published the news of Zaniar and Loghman Moradi’s executions.

The prison authorities had told these two prisoners’ families that they had been taken out from Rajai Shahr Prison.

Yesterday, two special rapporteurs of United Nations and Amnesty International had called on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of these 3 prisoners.

Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish political prisoners were called for a “brief meeting with the head of the prison” on Wednesday, September 5th but were taken to the quarantine instead.

They were on hunger strike ever since.

Zaniar and Loghman Moradi had been sentenced to death on charge of killing the son of Friday Prayer’s Imam of Marivan city. They had denied the charge several times.

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