Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Ardakan
Prison
اعدام یک زندانی در زندان اردکان استان یزد
NOVEMBER
5, 2018
Iran
Human Rights (IHR); November 5, 2018: A prisoner was executed on a murder
charge at Ardakan Prison on Saturday, November 3.
According to
HRANA, Sami’ Mohtarami, 43, was convicted to qisas (retribution in kind) on a
murder charge. He killed a person during a car robbery in 2015.
The victim’s
family agreed to forgive Sami’ in the condition of receiving Diya. Diya in
Islamic law (Sharia) is a financial compensation paid to heirs of a victim to
thus avoid a retaliation punishment. However, Sami’ was a poor man and could
not pay the amount. Therefore, his execution was carried out on the morning on
Sunday, November 3, 2018.
The Penal Code
of Iran does not specifically state that convicted murderers are subject to the
death penalty, but rather to “qisas” which means “retribution in kind” or
retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility for executions
for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family.
The Iranian
media outlets have not published news related to the aforementioned execution
so far.
According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 240 of the 517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges. There is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and intent.
According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 240 of the 517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges. There is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and intent.
