Death sentence on an inmate with broken leg implemented while on hunger strike

Hengaw; Sunday, January 14, 2024

Documents obtained by Hengaw regarding Abdulreza Qalavand, the executed prisoner from Andimeshk, indicates that this prisoner was severely beaten by the prison guards stationed in Shiban Central Prison in Ahvaz prior to his execution.

Approximately five months after the execution of Abdulreza Qalavand, Hengaw has obtained documents revealing that the officials of Ahvaz Central Prison, brutally assaulted him a few days before execution,  to the extent that his leg was fractured.

According to an informed source close to the Qalavand family, Abdulreza Qalavand, a 38 years old married man and father of one child, was on hunger strike a few days before the execution as a protest to his sentence. he was brutally beaten and injured for resisting the execution of his sentence.

The source added that Abdulreza Qalavand , was arrested ten years ago for possessing 730 grams of narcotics, was sentenced to death. According to a previous report by Hengaw, the execution sentence for this prisoner was carried out on the early morning of Tuesday, the 21st of August 2023, in Ahvaz Central Prison.