Kermanshah: Daniyal Kazeminejad, Secretly Executed in Relation to the Murder of an IRGC Member

Hengaw: Sunday, July 21, 2024

The death sentence of Daniyal Kazeminejad, a Kurdish man imprisoned in Dizelabad Kermanshah prison, has been secretly carried out without his family's awareness. He was previously arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of murdering a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named Sajjad Amiri.

According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, At dawn on Sunday, July 21, 2023, the death sentence of Daniyal Kazeminejad, a 30-year-old Kurdish prisoner from Islamabad-e-Gharb, was secretly carried out in Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizelabad) without prior notification to his family or the opportunity for a final meeting.

In July 2023, Daniyal Kazeminejad was arrested by Iranian security forces in Khoy City and subsequently transferred to Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah. He was later sentenced to death by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kermanshah on charges of murdering Sajjad Amiri, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Sajjad Amiri, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who had also served in Syria, was killed in Kermanshah on June 11, 2023. At the time, Iranian security institutions referred to Sajjad Amiri as a "martyr of defending security," stating that he was killed during a security mission.

It should be mentioned that Daniyal Kazeminejad was from the "Lor" village of Islamabad-e-Gharb, and last year IRGC forces invaded this village and there was a violent conflict. at that time Hengaw announced the summoning and arrest of nearly 160 people of this village.

So far, the news of the execution of this prisoner has not been announced in the Iranian state media, especially the media affiliated with the judiciary.