The first execution of a Kurdish citizen in the Rouhni’s second term
26 May 2017 00:37
Hengaw: only a few days after the Iranian presidential election and reelection of Hassan Rouhani, the death sentence of a Kurdish citizen was executed in Kirmashan (Kermanshah).
According to Hengaw, A Kurdish citizen Mehrdad Askari, from Homail, a city of Kirmashan was executed in Dizelabad Prison in Kirmashan Tuesday morning.
Mehrdad, 33, had been imprisoned in Dizelabad Prison for 5 years. He had been arrested in accusation of “Drug trade” and had been sentenced to death by the Iranian Judiciar
- Based on the Statistics registered in the Hengaw Statistics Centers, 328 Kurdish citizens have been executed in Iranian prisons during the first term of Rouhani’s presidency.
