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Execution of 4 prisoners, including a 25-year-old prisoner sentenced to 3 times execution in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz

19-May-2021

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16-May-2021

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Breathing in Confinement: On May 15, 2021, the death sentences of 4 prisoners were carried out in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. Among them was a 25-year-old prisoner who had previously been sentenced to three times execution for “rape”.

 

According to Breathing in Confinement, the new organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on May 15, 2021, a 25-year-old prisoner sentenced to three times execution was hanged along with three other prisoners in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. The prisoner has been  identified by Breathing in Confinement as Behzad Adl, a boxer born in 1996. The whole process of arresting this prisoner, investigating the charges against him as well as his trial took only about 11 months. Behzad Adl was arrested on June 21, 2020, and only 18 days after his appeal, his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.

 

“Behzad Adl was sentenced to 3 years in prison as well as 2 years in exile on charges of ‘posting immoral videos on Instagram’; to five years in prison as well as seven years of deprivation from social rights for ‘kidnapping’ and to death for ‘rape’” said an informed source who knows Behzad well. All of his charges were tried in two separate courts: Branch 1 of Fars Province, headed by Judge Rajaeinia, and Branch 101 of Shiraz, headed by Judge Asghar Rahimi. Judge Rajaeinia, the head of the Criminal Court 1 in Shiraz, is the one who issued the sentence of three times execution. It is noteworthy that, throughout the trial, the defendant had been denied the right to counsel. “Behzad had denied all charges and stated that his confessions had been obtained under torture and beating, as well as threatening his family.”

 

The informed source added: “The day before the execution, two of the three plaintiffs withdrew their complaints, and therefore, retrial was a must. In addition, the charge of “kidnapping” had been changed to “deception for kidnapping” by the Court of Appeals.

 

On May 15, 2021, in addition to this 25-year-old prisoner, three other prisoners were also executed in Adelabad Prison, whose identities are being investigated Breathing in Confinement.

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