Their names have been publicized. They are Jahangir Gargid, Hashim Baharali, Shahran Hasanzadeh, Nemat Rajabi, Farhad Shirazi, Mohammad Zarei and Turaj Amini. Following Iranian Supreme Court’s approval of death sentence passed by the lower instance court on prisoners, it was executed at Lakan Prison in the centre of Rasht.
Amnesty International reported that 314 people were executed in Iran in 2012. However, Iranian human rights organizations reported that 580 people were hanged in Iran which stands second after China in Prisoner Execution List. Generally, Iran imposes death penalty for crimes such as drug smuggling, rape, murder and armed robbery.
According to official and non-official information, 4 people were hanged in Kermanshah, 3 in Isfahan, 3 in Shahrud and 1 in Semnan.
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