Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Ahvaz Prison
JANUARY
23, 2019
Iran Human Rights (IHR); January 23,
2018: A prisoner was executed at Sepidar Prison in the Iranian southern city of
Ahvaz (Ahwaz).
According to IHR sources,
on the morning of Tuesday, January 22, 2019, a man identified as Rahman Jasemi
Zargani was executed at Sepidar (also known as Qods) prison in Ahvaz.
Rahman was married with
two children. He was arrested for murdering one of his relatives 9 years ago.
Karim Dahimi, an Ahvazi
human rights activist, told IHR, “Rahman unintentionally killed his cousin who
was also his wife’s brother. Elder members of their family tried to win the
consent of plaintiffs for 9 years, but they failed to do so and the verdict was
carried out.”
According to the Iranian
Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution
in kind” or retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the
responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the
victim’s family. In qisas cases, the plaintiff has the possibility to forgive
or demand diya (blood money). In many cases, the victim's family are encouraged
to put the rope is around the prisoner's neck and even carry out the actual
execution by pulling off the chair the prisoner is standing on.
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