Execution of three Kurdish prisoners in Urmia Central Prison

10:09 - 27 September 2019

Kurdpa Agency: The death sentence of three Kurdish prisoners from Urmia and Mahabad were executed in Urmia Central Prison.

 According to a report by the Kurdistan Press Agency, three prisoners in accused of drug dealing in the name of "Raouf (Azad) Azadikhah, son of Haji Sediq, from village of Dizij Margavar Urmia, Shamal (Ibrahim) Mahmoudpur, from Mohabad, and Shahabedin Mohammadpour, from village of Hajji, Anzal Rural District in Urmia were executed on Thursday morning. 

 These three prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement on Wednesday, September 25th, and their families were summoned to prison for their last visit.

 These three Kurdish prisoners were sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary for "drug dealing".