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25 executed in Iranian city of Karaj within two days

04 July 2013 07:07 (UTC +04:00)

None of the executions have been announced by official Iranian sources yet. 21 prisoners executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) yesterday.

According to reliable sources that Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with 21 prisoners were hanged in the Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj yesterday morning Tuesday July 2.

17 of the prisoners belonged to the Gehzelhesar prison while 4 prisoners had been transferred from other prisons to Ghezelhesar for implementation of the execution. One of the prisoners transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison was identified as "Mohsen Jahanbakhsh" born in 1977. Mr. Jahanbakhsh was sentenced to death by the judge Salavati, convicted of Moharebeh (war against God) for participation in armed robbery. His family was not informed about the execution and they were not given the opportunity of visiting him for the last time.

Identities of the other 20 prisoners are not known at the present moment but it has been reported that most of them were convicted of "Moharebeh", "corruption on earth" and drug related charges.

Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rajaei Shahr today.According to IHR’s sources in Iran four prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) early this morning July 3. The prisoners were all convicted of murder and three of them are identified as "Mohammad Jafari", "Ali Yadegari" and "Karim Taraj".

Iran stands second after China in Prisoner Execution List.