The execution of a prisoner in Sanandaj Central Prison

11:59 - 8 December 2023
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On the dawn of December 7, a prisoner named "Kamal Elhami" 43, from Saqqez, was executed in the central prison of this city.

This prisoner was arrested in November 2019 and sentenced to death by Branch One of the Criminal Court of Kurdistan Province on charges of "kidnapping, carrying police equipment, raping a Mahabad soldier in Sanandaj".

So far, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by the official authorities or the media inside Iran.

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