Hengaw's Report on Execution of Five Kurdish Prisoners on New Year's Day
On the first day of the new year, the death sentences of five Kurdish prison
Hengaw: Tuesday, January 2, 2023
On the first day of the new year, the death sentences of five Kurdish prisoners from Kermanshah province, previously convicted in a joint case for armed robbery and banditry, were carried out in Karaj Central Prison.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at dawn on Monday, January 1, 2024, the executions were conducted for Manouchehr Aqabi, Dariush Shekarzadeh, Masoud Rostami, Navkhas Maleki, and Afshin Mohammadi in Karaj Central Prison.
Hengaw received information that Manouchehr (Hujtollah Aqabi) and Navkhas Maleki (Malkizadeh) were both from Eslamabad e Gharb, while the other three prisoners hailed from Kerend-e Gharb and Bisotun.
The "Mizan" news site affiliated with the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran reported that these five individuals had been sentenced to death for charges, including "numerous armed, violent robberies, and banditry in Alborz province and other parts of the country."
According to Hengaw, these five prisoners were arrested approximately a decade ago and were sentenced to death by the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
In 2023, based on statistics registered in the Statistics and Documentation Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at least 823 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons, with 18.5% of them being Kurdish prisoners, accounting for 151 cases.
